Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] for a moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ask the hon. Lady to relax for a moment . |
| 2 | ‘ Nearly there now , ’ she said softly , and the fierce dark eyes opened for a moment . |
| 3 | The blue tape of smoke from the left hand snaggled for a moment , then the snaggle slid up the tape and disappeared , leaving the smoke rising as steadily as before from the underside of the hand . |
| 4 | A pathetic little shade hovered for a moment at her elbow , reminding her of her other errand . |
| 5 | Mr Hardiman 's large pink face convulsed for a moment into something very like a smile . |
| 6 | As the carts came abreast of the Americans seated in their stationary rickshaws , the Annamese who had fallen opened his eyes , and his pain-clouded gaze locked for a moment with Joseph 's . |
| 7 | An uneasy silence reigned for a moment , and then finally Mr Lewis rose to his feet . |
| 8 | Louis looked at him , his red-rimmed eyelids lifting for a moment . |
| 9 | A little , impatient look showed for a moment in her eyes . |
| 10 | The aging houngan 's grim facade held for a moment , then dissolved into a spray of laughter lines as he smiled . |
| 11 | So when Tommaso showed interest in her during those Easter holidays , she noticed him ; while Caterina remained unaware , for she had always the effect of spreading pleasure , and did not remark his response to her , his alert shoulders , his greedy pale eyes tensing for a moment , then flicking guiltily away to contemplate her sister . |
| 12 | A party of saints danced colourless across a stained-glass window lit for a moment by lightning . |
| 13 | He shrugged , the jerky movement betraying for a moment the emotion he had banished from his voice . |
| 14 | Someone set off a rocket over the green , and red and blue sparks hung for a moment against the thunderclouds then vanished into thin air . |
| 15 | The young man stood for a moment on an overhanging ledge of the bank , looking down at the water ; the dog swam round and round below ; the man 's body was flecked all over with light and the shadow patterns of leaves , so that he seemed some human extension of the place . |
| 16 | His normally open , boyish face closed for a moment , and then he said warily , " Why do you ask ? " |
| 17 | The knobbly wheels spun for a moment , and then the truck rolled backwards . |
| 18 | And she , too , had something of the precision and contrived charm of a doll with an almost round head poised ’ on a long delicate neck , a snub nose with a splatter of freckles , a small mouth with a full upper lip beautifully curved and a bristle of cropped hair , originally fair but with bright orange tips which caught the sun and trembled in the breeze so that the whole head seemed for a moment to have a vivid life separated from the rest of her body and , the image changing , he had seen her as a bright exotic flower . |
| 19 | Dominic 's handsome face darkened for a moment then , surprisingly , he smiled . |
| 20 | An ear the size of a flying saucer appeared for a moment and then was whisked away and replaced by a no less monstrous nose and half an eye . |