Was he at this very moment trying to make up his mind about the same thing?

She lay for a moment trying to think what to do.

He sat down finally, in the chair by the door, tried to stay still a moment.

He spent a moment trying to call up more information on the nature of the failure, but the computer was giving him nothing.

She stared at him a long moment, trying to see behind his words.

I looked at her for a moment then tried to make my voice casual.

Just because she had hesitated a moment trying to see where he was leading her.

He paused for a moment, head down, trying to pull himself together.

He spent a long moment trying to recover from the shock.

One moment, sir, the computer's trying to match the lines.