Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] moment [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a long moment silence hung in the air between them , Candy obviously searching for a solution to a problem she had never encountered before . |
| 2 | ‘ What 's free ? ’ asked Tim , and for a horrible moment Rain and Oliver feared they had struck his philosophical vein and ‘ what is life ? ’ could not be far behind . |
| 3 | The men followed them and within a few moments lord Hulton and I were standing there just as before watching the tiny figures on the skyline , listening to the distant " Haow , haow ! " |
| 4 | I 'll be talking in a few moments time about aviation travel and the risks and , indeed , the trends that are being reflected at the present time , but erm before we move to that let's just think about those of us who perhaps have decided we wo n't go abroad . |
| 5 | Okay , we 'll come back and pick up with you again , if we may , in a few moments time , but I wanted to change tack once more and go back to the telephones , and waiting to talk to us now is Alan Spong , he 's a director of Lunn Poly , one of the country 's leading travel agents . |
| 6 | And that 's Nick Harris talking to Ken Vasey up at the Manor ground and we hope to return to the Manor in a few moments time and see who else Nick has got to talk to us . |
| 7 | I would like to invite members to stand and join me in a few moments silence in memory of Doctor . |
| 8 | There was a tumult at the gates , and in a few moments Dunan and the Hearthwares joined them . |