Example sentences of "and [vb past] for a moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said : ‘ God grant it ! ’ and clung for a moment to the great , warm , vital hand that could put heart into her even now . |
| 2 | Canon Wheeler allowed his eye to wander around the handsome room lit by the full , secure English sunlight and gazed for a moment through the window at the spire of Medewich 's beautiful Cathedral . |
| 3 | It bothered him to let her go like this , but she 'd insisted ; for a while he could n't see her at all , until she reached the skyline and stopped for a moment . |
| 4 | He frowned and panicked for a moment . |
| 5 | He paused and thought for a moment , obviously very moved . |
| 6 | He stopped and thought for a moment . |
| 7 | Artemis , down on her knees , just turned round and stared for a moment , before Rosie took her hand and pulled her to her feet . |
| 8 | Nick picked up the receiver and listened for a moment , before muttering ‘ Wrong number ’ and hanging up . |
| 9 | Reluctantly she picked it up and listened for a moment . |
| 10 | Once — ’ the voice shook and hesitated for a moment ‘ — once it was a pair of pliers . |
| 11 | He came to the Kingsbrook bridge and paused for a moment on the parapet , listening to the soft suck and chatter of the stream . |
| 12 | The Captain walked to the head of the gangplank and paused for a moment , stroking the worn rail with an almost loving touch . |
| 13 | With great grace she straddled his body , and paused for a moment , upright above him , her body as pale and slender as a wand . |
| 14 | He leant back and paused for a moment . |
| 15 | Craig hurried up the stairs as the knocking became more insistent and paused for a moment staring back to the hallway . |
| 16 | She suddenly began to gnaw her knuckles and paused for a moment , plunged in memory . |
| 17 | He opened the door and paused for a moment , listening for sounds of Mrs Blakey . |
| 18 | A small brown lizard scuttled across the flags , and paused for a moment , at a safe distance , flanks heaving gently . |
| 19 | She swivelled her eyes round and paused for a moment as they meshed with Jake 's . |
| 20 | I sat back and relaxed for a moment . |
| 21 | Fabia stirred , awakened in her hotel bedroom that Monday and , as memory awakened with her , she abruptly closed her lovely green eyes and wished for a moment that she were back in England . |
| 22 | She closed the door and waited for a moment , then turned and went into the little bedroom . |
| 23 | She knocked loudly on the kitchen door and waited for a moment , aware of the total silence from within the room . |
| 24 | Then she snuffed out the light , and waited for a moment , getting her owl-vision . |
| 25 | Creggan stooped down and hovered for a moment over the carrion . |
| 26 | Hundreds of eyes stared fixedly as the laird stepped out onto the gravel and stood for a moment with his chin jutting and his mouth pulled down , like a general reviewing his troops . |
| 27 | He got out but before going to knock at the door , crossed the road and stood for a moment contemplating Ivy Cottage . |
| 28 | She moved to the stairs and stood for a moment in the silence of the hallway , the candle flickering in her hand . |
| 29 | He opened the front door and stood for a moment on the step looking at the glimmer of light touching the pale dome of the church and the glow of the city thrown up against the sky . |
| 30 | Raynor came to a stop outside a thick , low door set into the wall , and stood for a moment looking at it , as if summoning up some inner resolve . |