Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] a moment [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm but not everybody 's quite so erm y'know not everybody gets on with everybody and um this kind of what you might call personal chemistry , to lapse for a moment into pharmacological determinism er maybe helps um maybe helps a bit . |
| 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 | Alexei 's eyes seemed to stare for a moment into the middle distance . |
| 4 | At the very least , the assailant may be made to pause for a moment before attacking , and this may be just enough to allow the prey to escape . |
| 5 | They should be pleased to turn for a moment from the Annual Assessment , which even they find a little dull , to some piece of historical research . |
| 6 | By day the grey alpaca coat , left behind by Twomey , covered him like a night-shirt ; the turned-back sleeves often fell over his hands to hang for a moment with a pierrot 's sadness . |
| 7 | ‘ Everybody 's a contender , ’ Maxim said , so softly that Agnes had to think for a moment to be sure what she 'd heard . |
| 8 | I also think that before sitting in judgement on Dr Hari 's ‘ uncritical use of the concept of ‘ normality ’ ’ , a social scientist of Dr Oliver 's calibre might stop to think for a moment about the social context in which those remarks were made . |
| 9 | In this short speech , I wish to think for a moment about all the youngsters who were so badly damaged and hurt by that evil man . |
| 10 | I want us to think for a moment about the rights and needs of all those millions of children who do not go to school , who are invisible because very often development programmes tend to ignore er their needs . |
| 11 | One way to avoid this is to think for a moment before beginning , searching for some idea , however brief , on which our imagination can work . |
| 12 | His gaze raked her body , returning to linger for a moment on her mouth . |
| 13 | It is appropriate at this point to digress for a moment on the subject of the faunistic changes that took place at the end of the Palaeozoic . |
| 14 | He got up and went out of the room , to return after a moment with a duvet , which he tucked around her . |
| 15 | The Governor 's secretary left them alone in the room , promising to return in a moment with tea and coffee . |
| 16 | When I asked to speak for a moment with Miss Lavenza , a manservant showed me into a living-room and asked me to wait . |