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May I see him again for a moment?”
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Still, the bullies did pause for a moment, and momentarily looked at each other and wondered what they should do
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For a moment, I just want to collapse here behind my ninja corpse wall, but then I hear Aiko
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The anteater paused for a moment, confused by the little ant
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The robots stood there for a moment, their circuits sputtering and shorting out, before falling over with a large, heavy clunking sound
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He actually caught her in the air, held her up for a moment, and then threw her to the ground at his feet
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For a moment, nobody moved
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For a moment Johnny thought that his dad had found out that Johnny was out all night
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Henry cleared his throat, getting serious for a moment and giving Johnny his full attention
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’ The Inspector paused for a moment, looking at his notes and reading something there before looking up at me
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Shaken, I stare at him for a moment
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Serpent stared at Mouse's pointed face and, for a moment, felt the urge to bite it off
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He pauses for a moment as though debating with himself before answering
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It was like a lump in his throat, and for a moment it got stuck and Ackers choked
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Frank pondered for a moment and then looked at the clock
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The world was silent for a moment but then there came a footstep in the snow,
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held his hand there for a moment and then with a shake of his head he turned his
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Before reaching for that bag of nitrates or other chemical fertilizers, the conscious homeowner or farmer should stop for a moment to consider what needs to be put back in the soil to enhance its life-giving properties
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the bowl and thought for a moment
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Here it comes, thought Dan, and he squeezed Jen’s hand tightly for a moment
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They both look out at the sea for a moment
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Theo sat for a moment
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The Garda was confused for a moment before he put the two words together
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close your eyes, abstract yourself for a moment from all the problems and
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They stare at one another for a moment, scratch their heads, their butts, yawn
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He sat and made stupid faces for a moment or two, as though manually grinding the gears in his head
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I think for a moment
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’ I said quietly, pausing in my task of sandwich making and staring into the past for a moment, remembering those frightful days when I had tried to sort through the accumulation of a lifetime of marriage
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He was silent for a moment before giving me a square look in the eye
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’ I replied after considering her question for a moment
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Johnny waited for a moment or two to see if the old dear needed time to
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I stand, my heart racing for a moment … no, it was nothing, just the house creaking a little
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She thought for a moment
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I grin at him debating whether I should challenge him for a moment
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He hesitates for a moment as though uncertain whether he should go on with whatever it is he is planning on saying
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He picks up his wedding band off the counter, regards it for a moment, slips it on
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burying her head against his chest for a moment before looking up into his eyes
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He closed his eyes and stopped his ears for a moment, but nothing changed when he
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He stood stock still for a moment considering his options
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He’s silent for a moment when I have finished my recital
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John looks over his shoulder in the direction of the firing, takes off his wedding ring slowly, studies it sadly for a moment, digs out a small hole in the ground with his hand, buries it, puts a rock on top
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and only time, and she found, for a moment or two, that the urgency of her other
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I don’t know what it is about his tone that sends icy shivers up my spine, then the thought occurs that he may have been watching for me … for a moment I feel sick
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She lies back against the sofa cushions and closes her eyes for a moment
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He ponders for a moment
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Stephen is silent for a moment as though annoyed about this
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Lucy thought for a moment that she
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You leave her nearby for a moment to buy ice cream
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She thought for a moment, and then said,
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Her breath went for a moment
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For a moment he felt extreme nausea and could see only the burning eyes of the tall stranger, surrounded by a swirl of moving facial scars
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‘And you are?’ she asked, her eyes wary for a moment
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I think for a moment, trying to remember
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I want us to consider for a moment
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Every time the need arose I concentrated on the geography of my new home for a moment or two and then struggled up onto my knees
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For a moment Tig pictured all of them dying at these consoles and the junks flying on to warn Hardway
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The view from here is rather good and I stand to look at it for a moment
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" He set the buns aside for a moment, withdrew a matchbox computer from his suit, and punched up the projections so they hovered over it after he set it on the console
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He thought for a moment and then shook his head
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Fred makes Betty’s day by kissing her and giving her a present of a bunch of roses – the wicked flirt that he is! I sometimes wonder just how involved he is with those two – I don’t watch their comings and goings but I am under no illusions, and do not believe for a moment the people who maintain that elderly people have no sex lives
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With the junks and Tipperary and all the Lancers hurtling faster than light towards the Mizar system, it almost seemed for a moment as if they’d made it, as if they’d got away clean, but Jordo had been flying his fighter backwards for at least ten seconds now, staring at the transit’s opening onto the Algol system as it receded
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‘I’m nearly ready!’ I said as I open the door to find Wally on the doorstep, ‘Come on in for a moment, Wally, while I put my shoes on
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I paused for a moment before asking, “You said it was over
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The truck would idle for a moment, waiting for traffic to clear or for lights to change, and as the truck moved off I spat oaths of vengeance in my head, while I fought for breath through my clogged nose
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The man sat quietly for a moment, flicking the safety on and off, before he spoke again
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We both stood there for a moment, Menachem waiting, quiet and still, and me dancing a palsy of relief and joy
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He watched as they fussed for a moment when I seemed to be ill
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Steven considered this for a moment before prodding my foot with the toe of his boot
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Steven stood stock still for a moment
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I kept my face deadpan for a moment as I sipped at my now lukewarm tea, but I could not hold the pose
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He watched us for a moment, standing on the threshold of the room, seeming to savour our discomfort
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We sat quietly for a moment before both Aban and I gestured to Beniamin to join us
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He returned my gaze for a moment, hefted his rifle, and once again walked out of the room without saying another word
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I watched him for a moment or two, not understanding what all this was about, but then I too heard a low and distant rumble
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The girl visibly gathered her courage together, fiddling with the spoon in her saucer for a moment as though rehearsing the words she wanted to say
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For a moment or two, she twirled in a spasm of incredible intensity; then the sorceress fell silent, wrapped herself in her black mantle and vanished in an ethereal green cloud
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Her snow white body lay naked and revealed to the world of men for the first and only time, and she found, for a moment or two, that the urgency of her other bottomless hunger abated
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They hadn’t moved until she did … that much was clear … So she’d stepped off the bus, stood for a moment to get her bearings and then set off down the road … there’d been no pedestrian pathway, but she didn’t expect one
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Lucy thought for a moment that she saw what she could only describe as a whisker twitch at the edge of that black hood
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Isn’t it interesting that a human could live under such conditions, but pigs (which are unclean) would not live for a moment with a demon in them?
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For a moment there was
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’ Came the familiar voice of Renald and with it a wave of relief … for a moment she’d almost panicked
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happened, it had seen the blue flash and for a moment was
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He thought about it for a moment, using the time to tear the cellophane from the oaty bar she’d bought for him and ripping off a chunk with his teeth
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For a moment Kara hesitated, wondering if there was an aspect of Joris she’d never suspected … a black brutal side she’d never seen … then she realised that the various weapons had been used by people attacking Joris or his colleagues … they had been won in battle … oh, you silly man! It’s a gallery of your successes! I wonder if the Secret Guild would like these … they have a small museum
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laughing for a moment
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He lay there for a moment listening as he oriented himself to his surroundings
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He stared at her for a moment, grinned, and then answered, “Yes!”
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I stood there for a moment and then turned and went towards the back of the cave as Jake instructed
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‘You don’t for a moment think that Berndt …’
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Daniel was shocked for a moment and then got it… Good God, you made a joke, Daniel laughed and patted him on the neck, I don’t believe it
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We stare at the building silently for a moment – me taking this information in and adding it to my growing knowledge of this world, he watching me
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They neither of them considered for a moment that I should be lumbered with the backpack – there are advantages to being the only woman in the group
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Sally sat for a moment
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She hesitated for a moment
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They stopped for a moment to ask his business and seemed impressed by the mission he was on
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‘Let me think for a moment
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Hold your breath for a moment and then bend forward
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For a moment, as the sound of an axe falling
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Berndt struggles to keep the tears back for a moment before speaking