Example sentences of "stood for a moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stood for a moment on the other side of the room , sizing me up ( and me sizing her up ) , and then she came over to speak to me . |
| 2 | Hundreds of eyes stared fixedly as the laird stepped out onto the gravel and stood for a moment with his chin jutting and his mouth pulled down , like a general reviewing his troops . |
| 3 | He stood for a moment laughing at her as she cast furiously for the vanished rabbit , and walked on , to catch her up , along the raised embankment . |
| 4 | Surprisingly , it did not feel too cold and Endill stood for a moment trying to see the end of it but it disappeared into darkness . |
| 5 | Giving himself dialogue seemed to calm him and he stood for a moment , arms idle at his side , breathing slowly and heavily . |
| 6 | On the doorstep of number 54 , Henry stood for a moment in the gloom , flexing his fingers . |
| 7 | Breeze stood for a moment , listening to its savage , eternal music , watching the grey-green water swirling round the half-submerged rocks . |
| 8 | It dominated the room so that he and Alice Mair stood for a moment , silently regarding it . |
| 9 | Before leaving he stood for a moment at the door and let his eyes range round the room as if he were seeing it for the first time . |
| 10 | They stood for a moment regarding it , then Meg Dennison said : ‘ When I first came here from London it almost frightened me , the sheer size of it , the way it dominates the headland . |
| 11 | Dalgliesh waited until Meg had unlocked the front door and stepped inside before saying his final goodnight , and she stood for a moment watching his tall figure striding down the gravel path and into the darkness . |
| 12 | Here they stood for a moment , looking round . |
| 13 | She stood for a moment , her eyes closed , trying to collect her thoughts , while she struggled to put on her gloves . |
| 14 | When he parked outside a row of shops , he stood for a moment examining the passing traffic . |
| 15 | He got out but before going to knock at the door , crossed the road and stood for a moment contemplating Ivy Cottage . |
| 16 | She stood for a moment behind the thick black curtain , unwilling to pull it aside . |
| 17 | It was something that had never happened before and she stood for a moment trying to control the thoughts that raced through her head . |
| 18 | Emily , entering the drawing-room , stood for a moment , watching her aunts in their black mourning silk and jet beads and , for a moment , they appeared like birds of prey , dark and menacing in the dim light . |
| 19 | He stood for a moment , looking around him . |
| 20 | She moved to the stairs and stood for a moment in the silence of the hallway , the candle flickering in her hand . |
| 21 | She stood for a moment staring round at the flickering shadows thrown by the lone candle , the fire had died long since and the room was cold and suddenly lonely . |
| 22 | He stood for a moment , looking up and down the dark street before quietly entering the passage . |
| 23 | This done , I stood for a moment looking across at the broch islet . |
| 24 | But he stood for a moment , hesitating , and Ruth saw a look of such sadness go over his face that tears threatened her again . |
| 25 | I stood for a moment looking at the mattress on the bed where a knife had been used to open up the sides . |
| 26 | Having decided that she was too old for nougat , Nancy stood for a moment admiring her pool flanked by statues painstakingly collected by her husband , two Henry Moores , a Giacometti and an Elizabeth Frink , all concreted to the ground and wired with electrical devices to a central burglar alarm in the Mondano police station . |
| 27 | He stood for a moment chewing his lip . |
| 28 | He stood for a moment between the columns , staring into the gloom . |
| 29 | He opened the front door and stood for a moment on the step looking at the glimmer of light touching the pale dome of the church and the glow of the city thrown up against the sky . |
| 30 | Oliver stood for a moment in terror , the blood rushing through him until he felt he was on fire . |