Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [prep] [art] moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | She pretended to think for a moment . |
| 2 | He chanced to resurface at a moment in the film when the divine Ms Rau is indulging in carnal acrobatics with the leading male actor . |
| 3 | Eleanor Mary Milligan , as she was hastily christened the same week her mother was buried , seemed to know from the moment she came into this world at number 1015 Westfield Avenue that in order to survive she must be good and quiet , and not be any trouble to her father or brothers . |
| 4 | Alexei 's eyes seemed to stare for a moment into the middle distance . |
| 5 | Then he frowned and seemed to consider for a moment . |
| 6 | Richmann seemed to think for a moment , then smiled . |
| 7 | He seemed to hesitate for a moment . |
| 8 | FitzAlan seemed to hesitate for a moment , then turned his mount on to the barely discernible path . |
| 9 | Geraci seemed to hesitate for a moment . |
| 10 | He seemed to hesitate for a moment . |
| 11 | This happened to coincide with the moment Hugette Bouchardeau took over as France 's new , untried environment minister . |
| 12 | Hilary lingered , and managed to seize on a moment when Bill Clough was talking to Greg to exchange his low words with Rose . |
| 13 | There one had to stand for a moment while one 's name was read out — then another little push — a curtsey and four steps forward to just below the Queen . |
| 14 | He paused to listen for a moment . |
| 15 | Each campesino had been given instructions to always have ready 20 extra tortillas in case we had to leave at a moment 's notice , but even so , it was very hard . |
| 16 | ‘ Everybody 's a contender , ’ Maxim said , so softly that Agnes had to think for a moment to be sure what she 'd heard . |
| 17 | The only one interested at that time was Thornton , so he had to stay for the moment . |
| 18 | As Ronni continued to ponder for a moment , Jeff leaned across the table . |
| 19 | When I asked to speak for a moment with Miss Lavenza , a manservant showed me into a living-room and asked me to wait . |
| 20 | I 'm saying the next appointment to be made is all by , a complaint examiner , what I should n't have thought we wanted to do at the moment more than one . |
| 21 | They were doing in that shop exactly what they intended to do and in all probability , what they intended to do from the moment they got up that morning . |