Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [to-vb] for a moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are people who are so obsessed with the first decade of this new century that they 're inclined to forget for a moment the nineteen hundred or so years that went before it . |
| 2 | They should be pleased to turn for a moment from the Annual Assessment , which even they find a little dull , to some piece of historical research . |
| 3 | This was immediately prior to the Nicholson ‘ star ’ era ; the wave of which he rode the crest was beginning to build and it is interesting to chronicle for a moment some of the events leading up to his ‘ discovery ’ as a major Hollywood personality — a hero of the age and one who , as we have seen , was much influenced by the existentialist prophecies of Kerouac , which were now , finally , coming home to roost in middle-class America and elsewhere . |
| 4 | In one sense these findings may be seen as an argument for mainstreaming and it is appropriate to pause for a moment to consider this view . |
| 5 | George was unable to speak for a moment or two . |