Example sentences of "have [vb pp] for a moment " in BNC.

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1 With a jolt of excitement , as if his heart has stopped for a moment , his mind leaps to the image of a pyramid-shaped mountain .
2 Although the Oslo Bourse has paused for a moment to digest the DnC/Bergen news the market has been hugely active and is currently one of the best performers in the world .
3 He fell asleep , but hours later he woke up and felt again — as he 'd felt for a moment in the hall when he 'd arrived — that he should n't be in this house .
4 He 'd thought for a moment that the fates had it in for him .
5 Ash stopped so suddenly I wondered where she 'd gone for a moment .
6 It annoyed her intensely that she should have thought for a moment that the dreadful feeling she 'd experienced when he 'd told her he had an engagement was jealousy .
7 In one bookshop in Kent you might have imagined for a moment that you were actually in a teacher-training college library .
8 Not that Yuri need have fretted for a moment — as the softer shape emerged , a big smile spread across his strong features .
9 Her body had stiffened for a moment but she made herself relax and huddle against him .
10 So the story , the dearly-bought exclusive , the story that had looked for a moment — just a moment — like Christine Keeler Mark 2 arrived on the desk of Sir David English , Pamella 's last editor .
11 The sound of the Latino 's voice , cold and quiet , brought back the fear that he had forgotten for a moment .
12 In their discussion of the photograph , Trent had forgotten for a moment that Golden Girl lay miles inland .
13 He thought , They had forgotten for a moment that I 'm a policeman .
14 If she had weakened for a moment , to the extent of uttering one soft word of forgiveness , of friendship , she might have burst into tears .
15 He had thought for a moment that Hoomey was going to ask him back , but he knew he was n't the sort of friend that nice mothers were all that pleased to see .
16 She had thought for a moment that he was going to have a heart attack from shock , but , recovering himself , he had said , ‘ Well , now you know , what are you going to do about it ? ’ to which she had answered simply , ‘ Divorce , ’ and walked out .
17 ‘ You 're completely unscrupulous , Lydia , ’ said Betty , but she had laughed for a moment .
18 Now I 've dwelt for a moment on my own experience because I think it epitomizes that of the Labour Party as a whole from to John , the G M B has been a tower of strength always there to assist not only with money and resources , but also with advice and support and on behalf of my parliamentary colleagues , I want to thank the union for all it is , it has done for the Labour Party .
19 Lucenzo had disappeared for a moment , and she was n't too happy about the way the Frenchman was holding her hand until she realised he was harmless .
20 Before 1848 it had seemed for a moment that its crisis of transition ( see The Age of Revolution , p. 304 ) might also prove to be its final crisis , at least in England , but in the 1850s it became clear that its major period of growth was only just beginning .
21 IF ONLY the woman had paused for a moment to inspect the hastily scrawled felt tip notice at the top of the stairs : ‘ I am sorry for any inconvenience caused to all our customers during the period that the down escalator has been out of service .
22 Now however Ludens had stepped for a moment inside the charmed circle , and things between them could never be the same again .
23 The children had stood for a moment , awestruck in the hall , as she had hoped they might , amazed at the broad stone staircase , the hanging lantern and the dark portraits of who ?
24 He had thrown aside his own robe then , and had stood for a moment looking down at her , the firelight playing over his body , and Grainne had felt her senses tumble , for surely , oh surely there had never been anything so beautiful and so strong …
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