Example sentences of "[subord] [art] moment ['s] hesitation " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No money , more like , ’ the Duke bowed and his shadow , after a moment 's hesitation , did likewise . |
| 2 | After a moment 's hesitation I blurted out , ‘ Tell you later . ’ |
| 3 | She watched her father straighten his back , then , after a moment 's hesitation , say , ‘ Yes , sir , yes . |
| 4 | The other girls followed suit , and the waitress , after a moment 's hesitation , wrung in turn the outstretched hands before hurrying off to attend to the needs of a customer who , to judge by his impatience , was in the last stages of starvation . |
| 5 | Blaney did n't say thank you , but after a moment 's hesitation held out his hand which Dalgliesh grasped . |
| 6 | ‘ The thing is , ’ she said , after a moment 's hesitation , ‘ that I am going to sell this house . ’ |
| 7 | The Magistrate put a companionable hand on her shoulder and then , after a moment 's hesitation , slipped it on to the back of her neck . |
| 8 | Behind him stood two Han servants who , after a moment 's hesitation , entered the room and began to dry Berdichev with soft towels . |
| 9 | After a moment 's hesitation Jacques Devraux followed at a distance with his trackers . |
| 10 | The recruiter 's voice had become undisguisedly offensive and Duclos , after a moment 's hesitation , stepped off the verandah and strode angrily away without replying . |
| 11 | The question brought her up short , but after a moment 's hesitation she answered it . |
| 12 | After a moment 's hesitation she answered , ‘ The trees ask questions with their eyes , do n't they ? |
| 13 | After a moment 's hesitation she blurted , ‘ The couples I 've seen seem to parade , as though they want everyone to notice them . ’ |
| 14 | After a moment 's hesitation he picked up the receiver . |
| 15 | When he did , his mouth ravaging hers a peculiarly sweet fierceness , pressing her head back against the pillow , she shuddered uncontrollably and , after a moment 's hesitation , twined her hands behind his head , pulling him down until he was lying on top of her . |
| 16 | After a moment 's hesitation she sat in one of the large armchairs , half expecting to be pushed on to the settee , but he allowed her to sit alone , only raising an eyebrow as he lowered himself into the matching chair . |
| 17 | The stranger , after a moment 's hesitation , strolled after him . |
| 18 | After a moment 's hesitation Pietro leaned his rolled umbrella and leather briefcase against the desk and sat down . |
| 19 | After a moment 's hesitation Zen waved him forward . |
| 20 | After a moment 's hesitation the other two ran after him . |
| 21 | After a moment 's hesitation she lay back , plunging her head deep in the water before shampooing her hair with the gel , gasping as her wound smarted horribly . |
| 22 | He knelt down by a familiar mound and after a moment 's hesitation yanked out the cross that he had placed at the head of the grave . |