Example sentences of "[adv prt] for [art] moment [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Put that book down for a moment and pay attention . ’ |
| 2 | She spoke and understood more English than had at first appeared but it seemed to be English she had got from the Kettering children , so she was easily understood by Jacqueline who would run to her , climb on to her lap , whenever the maid sat down for a moment and stay there silent and apparently overawed . |
| 3 | Mr Hatton sat down for a moment and dropped his head briefly into his hands . |
| 4 | Come in for a moment and meet Mr and Mrs Johnson . |
| 5 | The laibon goes off for a moment and returns wearing his cloak as the old lady produces some stools . |
| 6 | When this goon is at the point of his beat furthest away from our stretch of wire , the Wing Commander will give the signal to Clinker here — ’ a dark beetle-like man stood up for a moment and sat down again , ‘ — who will fuse the entire lighting system of the camp including the searchlights . ’ |
| 7 | He went back into the flat , grabbed his coat , told an astonished Frau Nordern that he was going out for a moment and , without waiting for any protests , dashed out and joined Bodo at the foot of the stairs . |
| 8 | Suddenly , the Junkers belched a long tongue of red flame , straightened out for a moment and then spun down into the water . |
| 9 | As she worked the crochet table-mats her mother had ordered , the intricate sequence of stitches could blot out for a moment or two the scenes that daily since that Easter feast she had staged between herself and Tommaso Talvi . |
| 10 | Melissa glanced back for a moment and watched her plodding stolidly on her way . |
| 11 | Not long afterwards , watching , he saw them appear on the roof They looked around for a moment and then went down . |
| 12 | Both guards broke clear , looked round for a moment and then leapt up the bank into the wood . |