Example sentences of "he [verb] for [art] moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stopped for a moment , the crumpled sheet of prescription pad on his knee , and wondered whether Donald was really worth all this effort . |
| 2 | He stopped for a moment and looked around for Zach . |
| 3 | He stopped for a moment and gazed about him . |
| 4 | He stopped for a moment , turning over a new possibility . |
| 5 | When he stopped for a moment to wipe the sweat from his brow , Trung laid a cautionary hand on his arm . |
| 6 | At the door he stopped for a moment and looked back , but then he turned and went out without another word . |
| 7 | How dare you patronize me , how dare you flaunt yourself at me when you know — ’ he stopped for a moment and shook his head . |
| 8 | A glint of bright intelligence appeared in Cyril Causeley 's eyes as he stopped for a moment in his upward progress , and looked down at Greg : ‘ Ah , well — in this business you have to see the way the wind is blowing . |
| 9 | He stopped for a moment , deep in thought . |
| 10 | He lingered for a moment sneering at the guilty red core that was revealed beneath the stucco of lime and sand . |
| 11 | Like a man stepping out of a dream he woke for a moment . |
| 12 | He imagined for a moment that he was still in short pants , until she turned to him and added , ‘ What I mean is , I would have still recognised you , ’ and as if to soften her first statement she added further , ‘ Of course , you 've grown much taller . |
| 13 | The Magistrate 's eye moved from one doctor to the other over the passive rows of tattered skeletons and he forgot for a moment that he was as thin and ragged as they were . |
| 14 | He forgot for a moment that it was pot and thought of nicotine , and then of cancer , cells in delirium , the inroads that living would make one day even on this varnished little icon of the exempt : the flab of tiredness , children , overwork , sitting up too late at night listening to people , indulging buoyant childish appetites as a device to sustain good nature against foreshadows of the senile self . |
| 15 | He frowned for a moment in shock . |
| 16 | He frowned for a moment in concentration . |
| 17 | He frowned for a moment . |
| 18 | He fiddled for a moment or two , listening to the tumblers in the lock . |
| 19 | As he followed the path that led towards it between bare-branched shrubs and sturdy evergreens , he fancied for a moment that he would come upon Morpurgo and find him a replica of himself , some doppelgänger of Dysart 's devising planted here in England whilst he had been banished to Rhodes . |
| 20 | He brooded for a moment , sighed , and reached for the list again . |
| 21 | He brooded for a moment . |
| 22 | Thinking so hard about it , he thought for a moment he was hearing guns . |
| 23 | He thought for a moment that time had been operated on . |
| 24 | He thought for a moment , before going on . |
| 25 | He thought for a moment , puzzled . |
| 26 | He thought for a moment . |
| 27 | He thought for a moment that if she would only accept his feelings for Carrie he would go to her this minute and put his arms about her and comfort her , but he knew she would never accept Carrie . |
| 28 | But he thought then that there was someone behind him , he thought for a moment that he heard footsteps . |
| 29 | He thought for a moment . |
| 30 | He thought for a moment . |