He added: "I briefly entertained the idea of being a fireman.

Byron briefly entertained fantasies of becoming a Whig leader.

He briefly entertained an offer from an upstate newspaper.

He briefly entertains the notion that the two phenomena might be related, and should perhaps have pondered this question more closely.

He even briefly entertains the idea that morality could itself be a scientific subject, writing that one might argue ".

Gauging the distance between them, he briefly entertained the idea of a move, before dismissing it as foolish.

Indeed in 1964 it briefly entertained hopes that Labour might prove more helpful over nuclear policy than the preceding government.

A time or two she'd briefly entertained the outrageous thought that he might not be human.

He had never even briefly entertained the thought of being anything but a priest.

An unprecedented tightness seized his chest, so intense he briefly entertained the notion that he might be having a heart attack.