Example sentences of "[coord] he [verb] for [art] moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | The question was direct and he blinked for a moment before answering : ‘ Yes , ’ he said , ‘ honestly yes , I will . |
| 2 | It seemed as if it were coming from a long distance and he waited for a moment , and the moment went into a full minute , and then slowly he opened the door . |
| 3 | And he paused for a moment before adding wistfully , ‘ more 's the pity . ’ |
| 4 | That left just one door , and he hesitated for a moment before opening it . |
| 5 | Perhaps she heard his steps before he knocked — she opened the door very quickly — and he wondered for a moment if she had been as she had when he last saw her , standing just inside the door , her head on one side , listening , as she had listened to the bombs , and to the siren she heard before it was sounded . |
| 6 | Giving himself dialogue seemed to calm him and he stood for a moment , arms idle at his side , breathing slowly and heavily . |
| 7 | We were back in the bedroom then and he stood for a moment looking down at her . |
| 8 | The Magistrate 's eye moved from one doctor to the other over the passive rows of tattered skeletons and he forgot for a moment that he was as thin and ragged as they were . |
| 9 | But he stood for a moment , hesitating , and Ruth saw a look of such sadness go over his face that tears threatened her again . |