Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] for a moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't doubt it for a moment . ’ |
| 2 | Oh their life 's can be totally wrecked , I do n't doubt it for a moment . |
| 3 | Then , although I did not believe them for a moment , I stored them away in my memory against a rainy day . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't believe you for a moment ; even if I did , you 're my only lead and I 'm not going to let you out of my sight until I catch up with Garry . |
| 5 | For example , although we do not have in English the grammaticalization of the levels of respect that exist in Javanese , we do have means of expressing degrees of respect , largely by choices in the use of expressions : thus ( 31 ) would generally be a more polite request than ( 30 ) : ( 30 ) I want to see you for a moment ( 31 ) I wondered if I could possibly see you for a moment So by taking at first just the grammaticalized or encoded features of context in the world 's languages , we would have both something like a " discovery procedure " for relevant functions of language , and a constraint on the relatively vacuous theorizing that often attends speculation about the " functions of speech " . |
| 6 | ‘ Well now , I could see her for a moment . |
| 7 | Though she did n't believe it for a moment . |
| 8 | It was , all in all , a tourist factory , at once pretentious , shabby and expensive , and boasting levels of service unique to Eastern Europe , for no one in Western Europe would tolerate them for a moment . |
| 9 | ‘ Would you excuse me for a moment ? |
| 10 | Would you excuse me for a moment ? |
| 11 | ‘ Will you kindly excuse me for a moment ? |
| 12 | ‘ Would you excuse me for a moment ? ’ |
| 13 | All right , but let me stop you for a moment , there . |
| 14 | Even Sean 's obvious appreciation of her had served mainly to boost her confidence as to how she would look in that other man 's eyes , if by some absolute miracle they should meet him for a moment as they were driving through the grounds of Millfield House . |
| 15 | ‘ Mary , my dear , you will excuse us for a moment . |
| 16 | He did n't answer her for a moment ; when he did , it was quietly . |
| 17 | Cunningham 's chummy dropping of the ‘ Mr ’ from his name did not fool him for a moment : the withdrawn and irascible figure he had encountered in mid-afternoon was nearer the soul of this man than mine accommodating and smiling host of the Skein of Geese 's oak-panelled restaurant . |
| 18 | She looked at him as though in understanding , but she could n't answer him for a moment for there were so many things whirling around in her mind : that doctor and her Emma … |
| 19 | He even holds back when we hear the car pull away , and I would n't blame him for a moment . |
| 20 | ‘ Er — I was wondering if you could just come and help me for a moment ? ’ |
| 21 | Brian did not say anything for a moment . |