Example sentences of "[noun] for a few moments [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I still ca n't work out how they got away with it because I 'd only left it outside the tent for a few moments before it vanished . |
| 2 | He lay on his back for a few moments as he always did , then turned onto his right side , arranging himself as if for sleep . |
| 3 | They took breath for a few moments before they emerged , after the third volley , to finish what they had begun , the Welsh swordsmen boiling out of the bushes joyously on their heels . |
| 4 | He sat in the driver 's seat to get the feel for a few moments before he started it up . |
| 5 | Rory pushed herself out of her chair , suddenly fuelled by restless energy , and strode to the window , gazing unseeingly over the lawn for a few moments as anger seethed within her . |