Example sentences of "[adv] for a [adj] moments [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He frowned down for a few moments at the damp patch on the matting at his feet , then he shook his head , as if ridding himself of some unwelcome thought , and looked up at me again . |
| 2 | Take this tiny sample : Leopold Bloom , the Dublin Jew , with his touching mixture of timorousness and courage , has looked in for a few moments at a church as a Mass is ending . |
| 3 | It would be madness to throw it all away for a few moments of nerve-storming passion . |
| 4 | Dona Marguerita coughed wheezily for a few moments before resuming the interview . |
| 5 | We weighed each other up for a few moments without speaking . |