Example sentences of "[verb] at this moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | All he did know at this moment was that it seemed a shame a girl such as Maggie here , with brains , because she was no fool , and a talent such as she had , should be encased in a body that held no appeal . |
| 2 | And that 's something we must do before the next meeting so that I can answer the questions , cos we do n't really know at this moment . |
| 3 | The last thing that the country needs at this moment are the sort of enormous tax increases being advocated covertly by the Opposition — the tax increases implied by their sky-scraping public spending plans . |
| 4 | This aspect of Relativity is difficult fully to understand , but in simplest terms we can say that it is impossible to consider whatever is happening at this moment on & alpha Centauri , about 4.5 lightyears away , as sharing a ‘ now ’ with whatever is happening here . |
| 5 | All her own passion had died out of her : she felt deflated ; she had the desire to laugh , and she almost did as she said , ‘ Yes , I know what I want at this moment and that 's something to eat and then to get downstairs again , because , you know , it 's Father 's night for the club . ’ |
| 6 | John Butcher says at this moment a man on bail for rape is on the run ine the Midlands . |
| 7 | The chances of any of her acquaintance passing at this moment and noting that she , Phoebe Petherington , was entering the evil portals of a private hospital , were , she admitted , so small as to be risible , but that did not allay her shame . |
| 8 | He stood there in the crowded classroom , half listening to Mrs Willmot , and thought of the inexorable process going on all round him — the lives whose courses were being decided at this moment , behind the innocent-seeming chatter , the smiles , the faintly carnival atmosphere of families having a day out . |
| 9 | I did not know what to say or do at this moment but just said ‘ Thy will be done ’ . |
| 10 | But all I can do at this moment in time is tell you where I stand today . |
| 11 | But we believe we know what at this moment the country wants , and we believe it is for us in our strength to do what no other party can do at this moment and to say that we at any rate stand for peace … |
| 12 | All at once , I was in a wild fury of rage : I saw , not Nonni , but all the foolish and ignorant people who seemed at this moment to be conspiring together against all the forces of right and reason to poison and destroy the world . |
| 13 | I , on a point of order Madam Speaker , I understand that a major announcement in connection with rail privatisation is being made at this moment by way of written answer and press conference erm the statement will reveal a huge increase in access charges for railway operators and ultimately therefore huge increases in costs for tax payers and passengers . |
| 14 | Are the signals clear ? is my attention really needed at this moment , or can it wait ? |
| 15 | It does n't look at this moment as if there is any real increase and any money for the extra students . |
| 16 | He can not be reached at this moment , and the question can not be shelved . |
| 17 | But the case is different of course in modes of language use which are non-reciprocal , of which what I am doing at this moment is an obvious example . |
| 18 | What are you doing at this moment ? ’ we said and , still in mid-conversation , both went into our separate loos . |
| 19 | What would he be doing at this moment ? |
| 20 | What would you be doing at this moment , if I had n't been there ’ |
| 21 | Now she took care to change the subject and what could be more natural than to talk to the vet and his sister about Faustina and to speculate on what she might be doing at this moment . |
| 22 | No I 've got nothing else to be doing at this moment . |
| 23 | Laser engines undoubtedly rule at this moment in time but the LED looks like becoming a strong contender with devices like the NEC SilentWriter — it 's also inherently more reliable . |
| 24 | He felt at this moment as if he held Marcus upon a silken thread which he must use all his intelligence and all his courage to keep whole . |
| 25 | Maura had never dreamt that she could feel like she felt at this moment . |
| 26 | Had never felt the exquisite excitement that she felt at this moment . |
| 27 | How foolishly happy she had been earlier that evening , and how ridiculous she felt at this moment , all her dreams crushed and shattered around her slowly dragging feet . |
| 28 | Strangely , he knew at this moment that he 'd miss this house as much as his mother would . |
| 29 | Sara did not care to be beholden to Matthew Preston for even one pupil , but she knew at this moment she could not afford to be choosey . |
| 30 | He was blond with deep-set brown eyes which looked troubled at this moment , and he was well dressed . |