Example sentences of "[vb mod] [not/n't] for [art] moment " in BNC.

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1 Mahmoud , incoherent with fury , could not for the moment say what it was .
2 ‘ I would not for a moment have it supposed that I mean anything derogatory to Dr. Yeats … but human nature is fallible .
3 I would not for a moment be without these sterling qualities but the imagery of this great movement is vivid and declamatory and Bach 's intention was surely to arouse the passions of his audience .
4 It is wholly unnecessary to go that far in the present case and I would not for a moment suggest that the common law of England is bound or even likely to follow every twist of the development of the common law in the United States .
5 I would not for a moment propose we face the same immediate peril confronting the world in the early 1940s .
6 Sir er sir the I think I would not for a moment argue that minerals considerations can be ove overriding in this matter .
7 Was I perhaps too busy noticing things that Dr Starkie was missing ( though what they might have been I ca n't for the moment think ) ?
8 He will not for a moment allow that the doctrine of justification through free grace , received by faith , can lead to antinomianism ( Rom. 6:1ff ) .
9 We will not for the moment consider the suitability of the procedures for bringing complaints of breach of duty to court , though the existence of well-informed plaintiffs with standing and motivation to sue is clearly an essential part of any system of control that is ultimately dependent on judicial sanctions .
10 In our work we can not for a moment disregard them , yet we are never sure that we are seeing them clearly .
11 ‘ Lady Lavinia , ’ Theda said firmly , ‘ even were I to give you my advice , which must necessarily be based on very little knowledge , I can not for a moment imagine that you would take it . ’
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