Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] for a moment [v-ing] " in BNC.

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1 This done , I stood for a moment looking across at the broch islet .
2 I stood for a moment looking at the mattress on the bed where a knife had been used to open up the sides .
3 She paused for a moment remembering how from her earliest days she had sat with her father in the small shed working the leather .
4 She paused for a moment looking for the right words .
5 She stood for a moment looking at them , and saw how their heads were tilted in the listening attitudes of forest creatures , how their ears were pricked , and how their eyes were bright and intelligent .
6 Dalgliesh waited until Meg had unlocked the front door and stepped inside before saying his final goodnight , and she stood for a moment watching his tall figure striding down the gravel path and into the darkness .
7 It was something that had never happened before and she stood for a moment trying to control the thoughts that raced through her head .
8 She stood for a moment staring round at the flickering shadows thrown by the lone candle , the fire had died long since and the room was cold and suddenly lonely .
9 Valerie Stevens had been in the house to get more coffee and as she stepped through the patio doors she stood for a moment staring at Rachel in horror , having only heard the last part of the conversation .
10 It was a gabled Victorian house set behind a high red brick wall in the heart of the city and as Rachel drew on to the gravel forecourt she sat for a moment admiring the mass of copper beeches that surrounded the house .
11 He lingered for a moment sneering at the guilty red core that was revealed beneath the stucco of lime and sand .
12 He lay for a moment trying to recover his wind before rising again to his feet .
13 He smiled for a moment thinking it was a joke ( a slash of the knife at this point ) and then the smile turned to disbelief — ‘ he did n't look disabled ’ — finally he felt embarrassment that he had progressed through such sensational thoughts .
14 He stood for a moment listening to her standing still on the other side of the door , then heard her footsteps moving slowly away .
15 We were back in the bedroom then and he stood for a moment looking down at her .
16 He stood for a moment chewing his lip .
17 He stood for a moment admiring it .
18 He stood for a moment laughing at her as she cast furiously for the vanished rabbit , and walked on , to catch her up , along the raised embankment .
19 When he parked outside a row of shops , he stood for a moment examining the passing traffic .
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