Example sentences of "[noun] a moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tears stung her eyes a moment at the thought of her sister losing her identity ; Jezrael asked herself if the grief was for Ches or selfishly for her own loss . |
| 2 | Li Yuan held his father 's eyes a moment , bowing , then he turned and , without further hesitation , swung up into the saddle . |
| 3 | Emilia stared at him with Medusa 's eyes a moment then eased herself further into the bed where she lay gripping the coverlet with white fingers . |
| 4 | As he held her eyes a moment fingers of warmth spread through her . |
| 5 | To her annoyance , Vass smiled and held her eyes a moment . |
| 6 | He held her eyes a moment . |
| 7 | He held her eyes a moment . |
| 8 | He held her eyes a moment , drained his glass and laid it down . |
| 9 | But what jumped before her eyes a moment later , as they rounded the corner towards the boatshed , was very definitely a work of vicious vandalism . |
| 10 | He held her eyes a moment , but his gaze was oddly shuttered . |
| 11 | Put it to the back of your mind a moment please . |
| 12 | He stared at the starship a moment longer . |
| 13 | You mentioned Scott a moment ago , and Scott is certainly a profound influence on American fiction in the erm earlier part of the nineteenth century . |
| 14 | Can you just hold fire gentlemen a moment ? |
| 15 | Wang Sau-leyan studied the piece a moment longer , then looked back at his Chancellor , smiling . |
| 16 | And even when I had assured myself I was on the right road , I felt compelled to stop the car a moment to take stock , as it were , I decided to step out and stretch my legs a little and when I did so , I received a stronger impression than ever of being perched on the side of a hill . |
| 17 | Ensconced in his car a moment later — and goodness , it felt luxurious ! — she glanced back at the foyer and saw that the other girl stood there staring with narrowed , suspicious eyes . |
| 18 | Windeler came in straight away , Hennessy a moment after . |
| 19 | He seemed to consider the term a moment . |
| 20 | It took Donna a moment or two to realize that it had been activated by some kind of electric eye . |
| 21 | The little girl sat on his lap a moment , till the whistle blew . |
| 22 | ‘ You 're a strange one , ’ he said softly , moving outside the dream a moment . |
| 23 | Donna stood at the window a moment longer , gazing out at the people in the street below . |
| 24 | Black will take it swinging it in flicked on by Rozario and the goalkeeper made up for er what might have been an error a moment or two ago by coming bravely in with Pearce right in front of him and Rozario I mean on the flick . |
| 25 | He studied the boy a moment , aware all the time of how closely the tutor was watching him . |
| 26 | He eyed the boy a moment longer , not certain how much of what he was saying was understood , then gave a small shrug . |
| 27 | Hope looked keenly at the man , held his gaze a moment — a glance which could have ruled a line straight from eye to eye — and then snapped to attention . |
| 28 | She followed his gaze a moment , seeing how his eyes climbed the Wall to its summit far overhead , then looked back at him again . |
| 29 | Mackenzie lowered his gaze a moment , his voice softening . |
| 30 | He held her gaze a moment , one hostile eyebrow lifting . |