Example sentences of "after a moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a moment Steve looked at her . |
| 2 | After a moment Maggie too began , faintly , pearly , to glow . |
| 3 | After a moment 's pause he said : ‘ I did n't mean to be crabby — about not wanting to come . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ No money , more like , ’ the Duke bowed and his shadow , after a moment 's hesitation , did likewise . |
| 5 | After a moment or two she heard him call , ‘ Turn the ignition key , ’ and when she did so , the engine fired . |
| 6 | After a moment or two Ludens reached out and detached one of her hands from her knee . |
| 7 | After a moment or two , after she had heard the front door close , she put down the saucepan and the spoon . |
| 8 | After a moment Irina covered her face . |
| 9 | In any case , my point is that it was during the course of this interview , when I raised the question of the difficulty of recruiting suitable staff in these times , that Mr Farraday , after a moment 's reflection , made his request of me ; that I do my best to draw up a staff plan — ‘ some sort of servants ' rota ’ as he put it — by which this house might be run on the present staff of four — that is to say , Mrs Clements , the two young girls , and myself . |
| 10 | After a moment 's hesitation I blurted out , ‘ Tell you later . ’ |
| 11 | She watched her father straighten his back , then , after a moment 's hesitation , say , ‘ Yes , sir , yes . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'd like to Lend a Hand and help people too , ’ Jenny said quietly , after a moment 's thought . |
| 13 | ‘ She must be sickening for something , ’ Breeze declared , after a moment of stunned silence . |
| 14 | The other girls followed suit , and the waitress , after a moment 's hesitation , wrung in turn the outstretched hands before hurrying off to attend to the needs of a customer who , to judge by his impatience , was in the last stages of starvation . |
| 15 | ‘ All right , ’ Breeze conceded , after a moment 's thought . |
| 16 | After a moment , Lomellini rose and came forward . |
| 17 | After a moment Sarah followed her . |
| 18 | It was all right , so he pointed at Darren , who after a moment 's thought said , ‘ Let's all take our shoes off ’ — which we did , amidst much good humoured nose-holding . |
| 19 | Blaney did n't say thank you , but after a moment 's hesitation held out his hand which Dalgliesh grasped . |
| 20 | After a moment or two Hosanna moved back to the step again . |
| 21 | After a moment or two , that man nodded grimly . |
| 22 | ‘ The thing is , ’ she said , after a moment 's hesitation , ‘ that I am going to sell this house . ’ |
| 23 | After a moment , curiosity and hunger got the better of it , and it walked easily , almost indifferently , towards the dark corner where the fresh meat beckoned . |
| 24 | Noise , after a moment 's horror-filled hush , returned . |
| 25 | But , after a moment 's consideration , the girl from Down Under decided to face the world after all … and came up smiling . |
| 26 | Nonplussed , the Captain ordered a car and , after a moment 's thought , told his sleepy adjutant that he was going back to his quarters to shave and have a coffee . |
| 27 | But after a moment 's silence he said , as if casually , ‘ She 's a scamper , that one ; into every hole and corner , if I remember rightly , so she 's likely stayed out late and is frightened to go home — if old man Walton had a load on she 'd be introduced to the buckle end of his belt . |
| 28 | The woman thought about this and after a moment looked up at Hari with venom in her eyes . |
| 29 | He nodded and , after a moment , moved to the door . |
| 30 | After a moment , there was the noise of voices in the hallway and then footsteps pounding up the stairs . |