Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [verb] for a moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | He dropped the letter on to his desk where it fluttered for a moment , an innocent reminder of the arrangement made in that grey stone house in Ghent . |
| 2 | It was fortunate that he was able to swim , although he wondered for a moment about the presence of large predators in the water . |
| 3 | If you reflect for a moment on which areas are likely to have rocks under tension , and where cracking and dyke intrusion are likely , you will realize that the mid-ocean ridges are hot favourites for this kind of activity . |
| 4 | It might seem surprising , then , that Chancellor Kohl should seem to have accepted the French position , until one reflects for a moment on the implications . |
| 5 | To change this attitude , if we assume for a moment that we would wish to change it , would either require a change in fundamental attitude or some form of new legislation . |
| 6 | If we pause for a moment and consider the place of the Neolithic revolution in the theory of human personality and society so far advanced in these pages we will be struck by the fact that the coming of cultivation posed a major threat to the psychological foundations of human society as they had evolved up to that point . |
| 7 | If we consider for a moment the extent to which the hero-kings of early agricultural societies did indeed come to play a maternal , provident role with regard to those dependent on them we can perhaps begin to see the truth of the claim that they became the heirs of the matriarchs . |
| 8 | However , if one forgets for a moment the organizational structures of the two parties and considers their policies , one sees a relatively united unionist movement . |
| 9 | If anyone believes for a moment that we should forget about the cause of asylum seekers , I ask them to read some of the evidence of people who fled from Chile , El Salvador , Burma and so many other places where they could not cope with the oppression against them . |
| 10 | Mitch knelt beside her as she lay for a moment on the ground . |
| 11 | ‘ I had no idea it was so beautiful around here , ’ Lisa murmured as they paused for a moment on a promontory to admire the view that stretched out before them . |
| 12 | Their grey sandy fur was ruffed out for warmth and occasionally he saw the snarl of their teeth as they turned for a moment on each other in play . |
| 13 | When he stopped for a moment to wipe the sweat from his brow , Trung laid a cautionary hand on his arm . |
| 14 | It 's a very personal way of thinking and writing which we have encountered several times already , and which now , twenty-seven years after that letter to his brother , appears most insistently with Raskolnikov as he Paused for a moment to take breath , to collect himself , and to enter as a man ’ and tell the police who it was killed the old money-lender and her sister . |
| 15 | Sparks flew from the end of his cigarette as he leaned for a moment on the fork . |
| 16 | A glint of bright intelligence appeared in Cyril Causeley 's eyes as he stopped for a moment in his upward progress , and looked down at Greg : ‘ Ah , well — in this business you have to see the way the wind is blowing . |