Example sentences of "[prep] a few moments of " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was looking directly at Bridges , but Bridges looked imperturbably back , and after a few moments of heavy silence Kegan coughed and returned to the paper in his hand . |
| 2 | Manville asked , after a few moments of silence . |
| 3 | After a few moments of uncomfortable silence , she said stubbornly , ‘ If you denigrate my life 's work , you shall not profit by it unless you apologize to me , Clare . ’ |
| 4 | After a few moments of apparent concentration , she handed the sticks to Lucien . |
| 5 | After a few moments of confused reflection , he realized Tess had left the room . |
| 6 | After a few moments of silence he pressed the button of an integral cassette-player beneath the dashboard and she was delighted to hear the opening bars of Mendelssohn 's Third Symphony . |
| 7 | After a few moments of pandemonium , Shamir thanked the delegates for their show of confidence , declared the convention closed and walked out of the hall , followed by most of his Cabinet colleagues . |
| 8 | After a few moments of thought , a child replies , " We collect it from bees . " |
| 9 | After a few moments of frozen hesitation , she realised that to refuse his offer would only reinforce his current impression that she was a frigid little puritan with hang-ups about physical contact . |
| 10 | Let us think for a few moments of the wonderful achievements of the human race — the towns that have been built , the works of art that have been produced — the books , plays , films , pictures , music … the progress that has been made in science and technology . |
| 11 | What makes them wait in seedy side rooms for a few moments of dangerous pleasure ? |
| 12 | Is the price we pay for a few moments of Mills and Boon romance too high , leaving an aftermath of bitterness , boredom and let-down ? |
| 13 | It would be madness to throw it all away for a few moments of nerve-storming passion . |
| 14 | Sometimes we need to reflect publicly , sometimes to provide space for a few moments of private reflection — this might mean the children sit quietly alone while the teacher asks questions which they respond to in their thoughts , or the reflection might take the form of a diary , or perhaps an " emotional map " charting the highs and lows of a journey/adventure/exploration . |
| 15 | Within a few moments of Dr McNab 's saline injections Dr Dunstaple had begun to revive . |
| 16 | Spike knew that he was within a few moments of termination . |
| 17 | All the beauty that ought to be but rarely is , all the promises of perfection are caught in a few moments of that iridescent light . |