Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a few moments " in BNC.
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| 1 | We should be all right for a few moments as it is deeper water ; we can then make for the beach , hopefully avoiding the big dumping surf . ’ |
| 2 | The Threarah waited politely for a few moments and then he said , " Well , now , and what ought we to do about it , I wonder ? |
| 3 | They stood together for a few moments , her head sunk in his mighty chest , his head finally bowed as he looked down on her . |
| 4 | They rolled around on the ground together for a few moments and then the boy 's mother came out and gave him Sergeant 's leash . |
| 5 | They sat together for a few moments more , then he groaned . |
| 6 | He turned away for a few moments and I could see that he was upset by the news . |
| 7 | During a break while attending a board meeting , I have looked beyond the faces and the smoke , and seen some idea that has carried me far away for a few moments . |
| 8 | He chewed away for a few moments and then nodded with pleasure . |
| 9 | It would be madness to throw it all away for a few moments of nerve-storming passion . |
| 10 | Innumerable country spires turn bronze amid newly ploughed fields of copper , just for a few moments before the ball disappears . |
| 11 | but when we 've read those we 've got to look up what else Jesus said , remember a few months ago the passage we read from Luke thirteen and they will come from the East and the West and from the North and the South and will recline at the table in the Kingdom of God , they will come he says from all directions , we work and hold and these two scriptures intention , we 've got ta compare one with the other , then we 'll read also John in that tremendous vision in the book of revelation he would he says what he saw there , in chapter seven verse nine after these things I looked and behold a great multitude which no one could count from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues standing before the throne and before the lamb , clothe in white robes and palm branches were in their hands and they cried out with a loud voice saying salvation to our God who sits on the throne and to the lamb , a handful of people , tiny minority , John says it was a great number , a multitude which no one could count from every nation , from every ethnic group , from every tribe and , and , and , and race on the face of the earth there in God 's heaven how grateful you and I should be , if we are among that number , it 's God 's grace , it 's not that we 've deserved it , it 's not that we have been privileged by some genetic er process to have been born in a so called a nominally Christian country , it is all of God 's grace , it 's not what we have done or what we are , but we have been saved by his grace and just for a few moments this morning , I 'd like us to from this question that was put to Jesus to follow on and if you like get five propositions from it , it sounds complicated but it 's not . |
| 12 | Tony sat quite still for a few moments and then parked his car on the wasteland at the side of the theatre . |
| 13 | Brian sits reflectively for a few moments … |
| 14 | Dona Marguerita coughed wheezily for a few moments before resuming the interview . |
| 15 | She thought carefully for a few moments before she said , ‘ Silas — are n't you being unreasonable and somewhat unfair to both yourself and to Doreen ? ’ |
| 16 | Lorimer eyed her intently for a few moments . |
| 17 | ‘ Can you hang on here for a few moments ? ’ |
| 18 | just lie here for a few moments . |
| 19 | When a dog does start to show signs of becoming difficult about a visit to the surgery , you may want to arrange with your vet simply to walk up to the waiting room , pause here for a few moments and then return home . |
| 20 | ‘ Then , if you would also remain here for a few moments , Madame Ash , perhaps Madame Craig would be so kind as to come this way ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I hope Luib 's bunch bloodied their nose for them , or things are going to be rather tight around here in a few moments . ’ |
| 22 | Your salad will be here in a few moments . ’ |
| 23 | We 'll be taking a look around the scene here in a few moments , but first let's see how the people and town of Cheltenham prepares for the biggest invasion of the year . |
| 24 | Edward appeared to think hard for a few moments and then got up and left the room abruptly . |
| 25 | There was no rain in the darkness , and she could make even its sound go away by concentrating hard for a few moments . |
| 26 | Hold them there for a few moments ( see Fig. 11 ) . |
| 27 | He sat there for a few moments inhaling the smoke . |
| 28 | And , miraculously , there was little resistance and I stared in disbelief as the great organ disappeared gloriously and wonderfully from sight I was right behind it with my arm , probing frantically away up to the shoulder as I rotated my wrist again and again till both uterine cornua were fully involuted Ben I was certain beyond doubt that everything was back in place I lay there for a few moments , my arm still deep inside the sow , my forehead resting on the floor . |
| 29 | Jessamy stood there for a few moments , staring at his retreating back . |
| 30 | He stood there for a few moments . |