Example sentences of "in [adj] moment of [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 She would offer her breast as a blood sacrifice for life and in that moment of despair she had no doubt at all but that death would accept it and she would have to live .
2 In that moment of fear she remembered the Brownie Guide Law , which points out that ‘ a Brownie Guide thinks of others before herself and does a good turn every day . ’
3 In that moment of truth she wanted to be struck by lightning and reduced to smouldering ashes .
4 In such moments of confession he frequently strikes a prophetic note about his future life as a writer .
5 He had noticed that in rare moments of stress she was apt to revert to her original Cockney .
6 In rare moments of leisure he liked to potter around the garden , and always said he would take up farming when he retired .
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