Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] moment of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few moments of apparent concentration , she handed the sticks to Lucien . |
| 2 | After a few moments of frozen hesitation , she realised that to refuse his offer would only reinforce his current impression that she was a frigid little puritan with hang-ups about physical contact . |
| 3 | After a few moments of uncomfortable silence , she said stubbornly , ‘ If you denigrate my life 's work , you shall not profit by it unless you apologize to me , Clare . ’ |
| 4 | After a few moments of confused reflection , he realized Tess had left the room . |
| 5 | He was looking directly at Bridges , but Bridges looked imperturbably back , and after a few moments of heavy silence Kegan coughed and returned to the paper in his hand . |
| 6 | What makes them wait in seedy side rooms for a few moments of dangerous pleasure ? |
| 7 | Sometimes we need to reflect publicly , sometimes to provide space for a few moments of private reflection — this might mean the children sit quietly alone while the teacher asks questions which they respond to in their thoughts , or the reflection might take the form of a diary , or perhaps an " emotional map " charting the highs and lows of a journey/adventure/exploration . |
| 8 | It would be madness to throw it all away for a few moments of nerve-storming passion . |
| 9 | She just waited until the storm was over , when she pulled a clean handkerchief from her sleeve and handed it to Annunziata , remembering with a tiny moment of irrepressible pleasure the time when David had done the same for her . |
| 10 | In a still moment of total blackness she could feel the sinewed strength , the velvet softness of the dragon 's tripes . |
| 11 | Tonight , in a rare moment of good judgement , he had hired a big band whose music would not drive his older guests out into the night . |
| 12 | In a rare moment of fatherly frankness , he had once told Jack of his dreams of floating the company on the stock market , of the Reg Butler ( Entertainments ) Corporation being a name in the City , of maybe even being Lord Reg one day . |
| 13 | Most comical is Mick Kam , whose eyebrows , once shaved off in an unfortunate moment of artistic folly , are now growing outwards in the style of a neanderthal Denis Healey . |
| 14 | Because she turned unexpectedly she surprised him in an unguarded moment of frank sexual appraisal , but his dark , unsmiling gaze continued to hold hers steadily until she looked away again . |