Example sentences of "it a moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | In these novels , ‘ history ’ no longer ( as in the past ) provides illusory certainties nor is a gallery of misleading models ; but neither is it a moment of critical verification or problematical comparison . |
| 2 | Tsu Ma considered it a moment , then smiled . |
| 3 | He stared at it a moment , then handed it across to Karr . |
| 4 | He stared at it a moment , then looked up at her . |
| 5 | Herrick took the chip , examining it a moment beneath a nearby desk light , then turned back to Chen , smiling . |
| 6 | Lucy gave it a moment , tugged the gown free from underneath , and then moved in silence to the doorway . |
| 7 | ‘ Give it a moment . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ But I can promise you I wo n't extend it a moment longer than is necessary . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ But that window over there — I thought I heard a noise at it a moment ago … ’ |
| 10 | And I did n't give it a moment 's real consideration . |
| 11 | SERAFIN : Was it — let's start at the heavy end of the scale — was it a moment of ecstasy ? |
| 12 | I 'd been lying on my bed , thinking of you , and suddenly I could n't bear it a moment longer and jumped off the bed intending to phone you — and there you were , looking half drowned and so nervous I was afraid to put a foot wrong . ’ |
| 13 | wardens and whatever , we do n't take the double yellow lines half seriously enough , erm and I think parking generally is , is something we 're very bad at and I 'm an occasional sinner in this respect too , but it , it did strike me the other day , erm paying a fifteen pound fine for parking on a single yellow line on a Sunday afternoon but I had n't noticed a sign that said I should n't , erm paying that fifteen pound fine in other words not having paid the six pound instant fine , I remember thinking that , really there 's , there was no way of talking back , and I had in fact attempted an explanation as to why I 'd done it , and explained the reasons why I thought this really was very overlookable on the side of the law , erm I do n't suppose they paid much attention to it , I do n't imagine giving it a moment 's thought at all . |