Example sentences of "think [prep] [art] moment [pron] " in BNC.

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1 He should think for a moment what that means .
2 I stopped to look at them , and thought for a moment they looked like prison doors , hiding evil secrets .
3 Once during lunch , she thought for a moment her hopes would be realized .
4 Thinking so hard about it , he thought for a moment he was hearing guns .
5 ‘ I never thought for a moment he would n't pull through , ’ said Alison .
6 ‘ I never thought for a moment he would n't pull through , ’ said Alison .
7 He produced a pocket-book and I thought for a moment he was going to tip me .
8 I thought for a moment he was gathering his coat tails around him , like a woman would gather a long skirt , but it was n't that at all .
9 I thought for a moment he meant the tobacco industry , but realised that when big business and jobs are involved the 100,000 deaths per year counts for nothing .
10 ‘ Someone said they thought for a moment you were your mother . ’
11 ‘ When I saw you for the first time , I thought for a moment you were Sybil — come back to plague me . ’
12 Think for a moment what your house is worth today .
13 ‘ How you suddenly remember something very vividly , ’ she said , ‘ and you think for a moment you 've really got hold of it .
14 I think for the moment I 'll just enjoy these two dishes if that 's okay .
15 Not yet I think at the moment they 're organizing it , yes
16 In terms of offering prisoners a range of opportunities to address their offending behaviour and to take up erm an interest or activity which will channel them into other activities , I think at the moment we do less of a good job than we will two years down the line , I think the emphasis now is very much on opportunity and responsibility
17 Erm , I do n't think that er , in structural terms therefore a , a change of government would er , make a great deal , a difference , then you come to er , the general effect of a , a change of government er , I think at the moment we 're living in a situation of uncertainty and er , a clear majority erm , for any party would probably from a business point of view erm , remove the uncertain short term .
18 He does n't really , I think at the moment he takes one and er he does n't sort of take them like
19 erm you know , that 's erm the sort of image , but , erm you know , I think at the moment he comes across as mister nice guy and erm I think that 's a very good quality if he 's got the substance , which I think he has , beneath that .
20 Is this a good idea or is a bad idea , so there are problems , yes the , the test , some people will say the driving test is out of date but I think at the moment it 's the best we can offer given all circumstances .
21 I think at the moment it , The Correspondent , looks like a rather bad advertisement for monotype typefaces .
22 I mean clearly I I do n't think at the moment I 'm in a position to apply for a a taught course because I do n't have the money .
23 Yeah do you think at the moment you could take it all back out again , then ?
24 As has been said , Sam and Frodo experience it as thinking for a moment they have died and gone to Heaven , when they wake up on the field of Cormallen .
25 After thinking for a moment he added that Wilner should go home so that if anything untoward happened he could ‘ tell people what it was ’ !
26 ‘ I have jumped a bit when a car has backfired or the central heating has rumbled thinking for a moment I was hearing gun fire .
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