Example sentences of "not [prep] a moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not for a moment am I suggesting that these figures , always in billions , are not important ; only that I , an innumerate , can not make head or tail of them . |
| 2 | ‘ I have not for a moment suggested that children should be removed from the care of their parents . |
| 3 | It was here that the performance abandoned all semblance of script , but was nonetheless skilfully held together by the actors , who guided without being intrusive and did not for a moment step out of their roles . |
| 4 | Not for a moment do I want you to believe unthinkingly in what I say . |
| 5 | Not for a moment did I realise that we would be gone for almost three months , return home for nine months , and then spend one more month to finally finish in Australia ! |
| 6 | No , he did n't believe in Creed 's innocence , not for a moment , but then innocence and guilt had never been the parameters , had they ? |
| 7 | If the term subjection be used in its extreme sense I do not for a moment believe that any such solution exists . |
| 8 | One horse had detached itself and ambled towards the line of protesters but it was not for a moment that Meredith realised , with a pang of dismay , that it was Blazer carrying Harriet . |
| 9 | There were , of course , the inevitable forms to fill in and letters of condolence to answer , but I realized that I had not for a moment , since before the previous Christmas , given a thought to the prospect of life for one . |
| 10 | Not for a moment ! |
| 11 | ‘ I would not for a moment have it supposed that I mean anything derogatory to Dr. Yeats … but human nature is fallible . |
| 12 | His alternative is what he calls an ‘ appreciative ’ stance : ‘ These appreciative sentiments are easily summarized : we do not for a moment wish that we could rid ourselves of deviant phenomena . |
| 13 | In our work we can not for a moment disregard them , yet we are never sure that we are seeing them clearly . |
| 14 | I would not for a moment be without these sterling qualities but the imagery of this great movement is vivid and declamatory and Bach 's intention was surely to arouse the passions of his audience . |
| 15 | Not for a moment had they considered the possibility . |
| 16 | Not for a moment had she been able to deceive herself that she was anything but bad , truly bad . |
| 17 | It is wholly unnecessary to go that far in the present case and I would not for a moment suggest that the common law of England is bound or even likely to follow every twist of the development of the common law in the United States . |
| 18 | Not for a moment did his eyes sweep around the mountain heights which everywhere peered down on this upturned basin of ancient civilisation . |
| 19 | Not for a moment . |
| 20 | But you 're not being honest , not for a moment . |
| 21 | Not for a moment do I want our standards to drop and I entirely advocate the stringent standards of the Recruitment Committee . |
| 22 | He will not for a moment allow that the doctrine of justification through free grace , received by faith , can lead to antinomianism ( Rom. 6:1ff ) . |
| 23 | He hoped Barbara could read the sub-text here : that if she was offering him some kind of invitation — and he was not for a moment suggesting that he was worthy of such a thing if she were — then he was regretfully declining it , on the understanding that both of them knew why . |
| 24 | ‘ Not for a moment . ’ |
| 25 | Not that I ever believed her — not for a moment . |
| 26 | Not for a moment must you imagine that this philanthropic gesture was anything but calculated on the part of the occupying military . |
| 27 | Not for a moment would I suggest that they deliberately passed it knowing it might embarrass him . |
| 28 | ‘ Lady Lavinia , ’ Theda said firmly , ‘ even were I to give you my advice , which must necessarily be based on very little knowledge , I can not for a moment imagine that you would take it . ’ |
| 29 | I would not for a moment propose we face the same immediate peril confronting the world in the early 1940s . |
| 30 | It was the first time he had spoken to his father since the crisis began , although he had never lost him to sight , not for a moment . |