Example sentences of "[prep] it for a [adj] moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | Manville toyed with it for a few moments , imagining the corridors of the Pentagon and White House alive with zooming figures , grey-flannel covered asses farting tongues of flame . |
| 2 | Christine let him stew in it for a few moments . |
| 3 | But there was a post on the lonely road and sometimes if I was tired from hunting I would take stance on it for a few moments , to rest . |
| 4 | He thought about it for a few moments , but said nothing except that he did not understand why a second shoe had been stolen . |
| 5 | Mouse took its head in his hands and met its eyes , looking at it for a long moment . |
| 6 | Sabine looked at it for a long moment , aware of a faint stirring in her consciousness , some elusive memory , fleetingly brought to life . |