Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] a few moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now that was the point I made a few moments ago . |
| 2 | Apart from the considerations which I mentioned a few moments ago , it would indeed . |
| 3 | I spent a few moments in thought . |
| 4 | I refer the hon. and learned Gentleman to the reply that I gave a few moments ago . |
| 5 | I refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply that I gave a few moments ago . |
| 6 | I refer my hon. Friend to the reply that I gave a few moments ago . |
| 7 | I refer my hon. Friend to the reply that I gave a few moments ago . |
| 8 | I refer the hon. Lady to the reply that I gave a few moments ago . |
| 9 | I refer my hon. Friend to the reply that I gave a few moments ago . |
| 10 | I refer my hon. Friend to the answer that I gave a few moments ago . |
| 11 | I said a few moments ago that I would not exclude consideration or the need for consideration of the greenbelt purposes served . |
| 12 | I am sure that the Minister will recall that I said a few moments ago that in our view the role of regional government is not delivery of services . |
| 13 | Suffice it , that I had a few moments of fanciful pleasure . |
| 14 | I had a few moments of fury , a fury compounded of shame at my own stupidity , the triteness of the situation , the thought of my cottage and supper and the cosy fireside . |
| 15 | The sound system 's speakers were like upended steamer trunks , one on top of another ; standing so close , the volume gave her a sensation in her ears like that of tearing paper and she experienced a few moments of sensory overload before she recognised the tune as New York , New York . |
| 16 | The ideas are limitless and it is up to you to spare a few moments when on holiday to notice what is growing around you and press some interesting pieces that you will be able to use on your return . |
| 17 | The interior of her car was a furnace and she frittered a few moments wandering in the graveyard after opening the car doors to cool it . |
| 18 | She waited a few moments then turned into East 48th Street , still pretending to look in the shop windows as she walked . |
| 19 | She waited a few moments longer , and then she said , ‘ Well ? ’ |
| 20 | She waited a few moments then rang the bell again , and this time the door opened with maddening slowness . |
| 21 | She wanted a few moments to think . |
| 22 | Whenever you have a few moments , just ‘ flash ’ this image inside your head , feeling your desire . |
| 23 | And our Lord in the words that we 've read gives a very solemn answer to that question in the , in those words that we read a few moments ago and his immediate answer to the question you know are there few that be saved , was to say many , this was in the following verse , many shall not be able to be saved , now does that mean that only a few will be saved , that there 's only a few people who are gon na be in heaven that Jesus Christ came and died on the cross for about a handful of people , a small percentage does that what it , is that what it means , well lets look and see what the bible has to say , in Matthew chapter seven in verse thirteen and verse fourteen , this is what Jesus says enter by the narrow gate for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction and many of those who enter by it , for the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life , but few of those who find it any way in the same book , in , in Matthew in , in , in chapter twenty two and in , in , in verse fourteen , listen again to what it says there Jesus is speaking he says for many a called , but few are chosen |
| 24 | Again , Jeremiah was doing the Lord 's work as a servant ; in the passage we heard a few moments ago , he expressed his dismay at the manner in which he was being treated by the people . |
| 25 | The story we heard a few moments ago concerns one of the miracles that God performed as a part of Elisha 's ministry in Israel . |
| 26 | And als , erm and on them three services is what we said a few moments ago , they got the choice of three different options . |
| 27 | They lingered a few moments more to admire the Palladian house which stood before them , beyond an ornamental lake crossed by a fine stone bridge , lying in a fold of the rolling parkland , as if held in the palm of a vast green hand . |
| 28 | He returned a few moments later with the dish , and the little hedgehog could hardly believe her eyes : the gigantic dish was overflowing with dog food . |
| 29 | It takes a few moments to adjust — one moment one is dry , wearing dry swimming trunks and walking about , and the next one is progressively getting wetter ( including the swimming trunks , which somehow seems particularly inappropriate ) — and it 's only when half a length or so has been swum that the whole thing seems ordinary again . |
| 30 | On tour : security agents and officials shadow Secretary of State Warren Christopher as he takes a few moments off from his talks in Cairo yesterday to pay a visit to the Sphinx |