Example sentences of "and [adv] [prep] [art] moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so for the moment I must be watchful , and patient . ’ |
| 2 | and just for a moment they do n't understand you . |
| 3 | She sat up and reached blindly for the clasp of the bra , and just for a moment her breasts swung into view . |
| 4 | But only a few , and just for a moment . |
| 5 | There was no sign of him , nor the hire car , and just for a moment her confidence faltered . |
| 6 | Everywhere was pitch-black , and just for a moment she could n't think where she was . |
| 7 | Shiona had looked into his face with a stab of emotion , and just for a moment had been unable to speak . |
| 8 | She tossed her head defiantly , and just for a moment saw a flicker of something in his eyes before it was gone so fast that she knew she must have imagined it . |
| 9 | It was n't difficult for Rachel to understand what her sister had seen in this man , and just for a moment she found herself reluctantly acknowledging the fact that if she did n't know what she did about him she too would find him very attractive . |
| 10 | He glanced up and looked at her again and just for a moment it was as if they were alone in the midst of the hubbub of the fairground . |
| 11 | As soon as his arms closed about her , her body nestled into his as though it belonged there , and just for a moment she allowed herself to lay her forehead against his shoulder . |
| 12 | ‘ I lay on my nail scissors by mistake — they were under the rug — and just at the moment , well , to be graphic , an awful pain from outside was all I could feel . ’ |
| 13 | Both suggestions caused right-wing critics of the US administration to claim that Baker had made unnecessary concessions ; Richard Perle , former Assistant Defence Secretary under President Reagan , commented that " we are strong , and just at the moment when we are strong , we are making concessions " , and he warned : " Any American official making concessions to the Soviets today has to explain himself . " |
| 14 | Mahmoud was another one who did n't take a siesta and just at the moment , still simmering over the way Zoser had slipped through his fingers , he was driving his men hard . |
| 15 | And although it is not clear what was meant by ‘ real ’ crime , it is evident that certain kinds of common theft , damage and injury were regarded as wholly commonplace in pre-war years and hardly worth a moment 's thought . |
| 16 | Its light flickered on and off for a moment , as if it was making itself comfortable in a mechanical kind of way . |
| 17 | She twitched the hand-written parchment pages back and forth for a moment or two looking for them , then caught his amused glance . |
| 18 | For a moment Hotspur almost believed in her extinction , her relegation to the servant 's role which was the lot of daughters in their parents ' households ; and even for a moment it grieved him to believe in it . |
| 19 | And then after a moment 's hesitation : ‘ I really do n't understand you , Cassie . ’ |
| 20 | She pretended not to be disappointed and there for the moment the matter rested . |
| 21 | Coleridge 's Welsh visit , by contrast , was perhaps the least significant part of his wanderings during the next few weeks , and almost from the moment he left Cambridge , his simple plans for what he called his ‘ peregrination ’ began to grow more complex . |
| 22 | Wexford had come to talk business and yet for a moment he could not . |
| 23 | And yet for a moment Zhukov was thrust into the position of kingmaker . |
| 24 | And yet for a moment in the kitchen she thought she 'd caught a fleeting expression almost of smugness on his face , as though something had pleased him . |
| 25 | But Martin Pipe is a realist , and never for a moment did he stand in my way when the Docklands Express ride came up . |
| 26 | And never for a moment has their answer been in doubt . |