Example sentences of "[noun prp] a moment " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Windeler came in straight away , Hennessy a moment after .
3 It took Donna a moment or two to realize that it had been activated by some kind of electric eye .
4 Karr studied Ebert a moment , knowing for certain now that Haavikko had told the truth about him , then he nodded .
5 As he turned away , it took Ronni a moment to catch her breath and get her eyes back into focus .
6 Since she felt as though someone had physically kicked her in the stomach , it took Shannon a moment or two to get the words out .
7 It took Zen a moment to see what Bartocci was getting at .
8 It took Helen a moment or two to realise the affairs of the village Brownie pack were under discussion .
9 Erm and this is the reason why I brought this tape recorder , and I was saying to Bernard a moment ago , one of the most embarrassing things that can happen erm when talking to a group like this is when you pressed a button er whether it 's a , a tape recorder a video machine or whatever , you pressed a button full of confidence in all the latest technology and there 's an embarrassing silence .
10 Lehmann studied Kustow a moment , noting the strange mixture of awe and antagonism in his blunt , almost rectangular face .
11 It took Doyle a moment to establish that fact .
12 It took Anna a moment to identify the name .
13 Li Yuan studied Spatz a moment longer , then closed the file .
14 We passed the boundary with Ontario a moment ago .
15 Betty made him a cup of tea and sat among the cut lengths of gleaming copper and strong-toothed tools conducting a little chat , which afforded Lydia a moment 's amusement since Betty was adjusting her conversation to suit a person of low intelligence and the people of the valley were , on the whole , clever , devious and unusually literate .
16 I could not bear to be in France a moment longer : my friends confirmed my impulse .
17 Although he had not recognized her immediately Fleury had noticed Chloe a moment earlier as she came trotting into the clearing ; since he had last set eyes on her Chloe 's golden curls had grown foul and matted and in places mange had already begun to remove them ; a cloud of flies followed her and every few yards she stopped to scratch .
18 Li Shai Tung stared thoughtfully at Shepherd a moment , then set his glass down and opened the folder .
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