Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] for [art] moment " in BNC.

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1 The flat Polish landscape stretched away into the marshes to the south-east , and I stopped for a moment and stared towards them .
2 ‘ That 's right , I forgot for a moment .
3 At the top of the stairs I turned for a moment and found out .
4 I watched for a moment .
5 I listened at length to her story , then I talked for a moment about the unshakeable fact of the resurrection , about the city where God will wipe away every tear .
6 I thought for a moment .
7 I thought for a moment .
8 I thought for a moment that I had come second ; I had n't seen Ben at all .
9 I thought for a moment and came up with a suggestion that he should give some sort of honour , an OBE or the like , to the cricketer Basil D'Oliveira , who had been shabbily treated by the South African government .
10 I thought for a moment .
11 I thought for a moment , but could not find the right answer .
12 I thought for a moment there I was going to get hysterical and start yelling knickers .
13 He produced a pocket-book and I thought for a moment he was going to tip me .
14 I thought for a moment that she had been re-reading " Das Kapital " in her spare time , but I suspect that it was all a charade .
15 I thought for a moment .
16 ‘ When we heard about poor Alain Gebrec being dead , I had a sudden vision of Dora looking furiously angry … you know how she sometimes glares at Dieter … and I thought for a moment … supposing it had been Dieter who 'd been killed … it might have been Dora who had … oh , I know it 's dreadful of me to think these things , but she hates him so much . ’
17 I thought for a moment that you 'd run out on me . ’
18 Her hair was fair , so that I thought for a moment of the other woman I had met recently , Elizabeth Lavenza .
19 ‘ When I saw you for the first time , I thought for a moment you were Sybil — come back to plague me . ’
20 I thought for a moment that he was going to beat me .
21 ‘ Well in September eighteen and a half years ago , ’ I thought for a moment , ‘ I had just finished my exams .
22 I thought for a moment he was gathering his coat tails around him , like a woman would gather a long skirt , but it was n't that at all .
23 I thought for a moment .
24 I thought for a moment .
25 I thought for a moment he meant the tobacco industry , but realised that when big business and jobs are involved the 100,000 deaths per year counts for nothing .
26 When I came back , I went to the children 's room , to see if they needed me , and I listened for a moment at their door .
27 I hesitated for a moment on the stairs , turned round and tried to look at some of them , to see if there was a familiar face , a suspicious or suspecting face , a face I could place , a face that could …
28 I thought I had for a moment . ’
29 I paused for a moment , then said , ‘ Kathleen , let me tell you what I think would happen if I did as you say and then you tell me where I 'm going wrong .
30 I paused for a moment , then added : ‘ Why did you come , then ? ’
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