Example sentences of "[adj] moment [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rokovssky , at this moment a man of curses and oaths , knew he had to send a telegram to Marcelle Fayette in the morning . |
| 2 | John Butcher says at this moment a man on bail for rape is on the run ine the Midlands . |
| 3 | Even when there 's something to make an emotional conformist smirk — some thumping disparity of age , looks , education , pretension — the couple have for this moment a lacquer finish : laughter 's bubbling spittle simply wipes off . |
| 4 | At this moment a lion bursts out of the long grass and bush and leaps on a warrior . |
| 5 | But at this moment the thought of leaving the valley — her home , her existence — and not being here if , by some chance , he should return … yet this expectation confused her . |
| 6 | At this moment the door opened and Constables Hewett and Charlton entered . |
| 7 | At this moment the door opened and Rafiq came in . |
| 8 | ‘ Shell-pink ’ would give a prettiness to the poem but a prettiness that is inappropriate because at this moment the moon has no connection with shells and every connection with the lines of the steeple . |
| 9 | At this moment the King , who had been for some time busily writing in his notebook , called out , ‘ Silence ! ’ and read out from his book , ‘ Rule Forty-Two . |
| 10 | From this moment the idea of compromise began to gain ground , not with Anselm , but with those around him on all sides , and in the papal Curia itself . |
| 11 | At this moment the snake strikes , flinging its neck towards its victim at the astonishing speed of 8 feet per second . |
| 12 | 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 … |
| 13 | At this moment the princess , looking from her window , saw Nev a the poor miller 's daughter going through her meadows . |
| 14 | At this moment the electricity failed , no surprise on Dreadnought where the wiring was decidedly makeshift . |
| 15 | At this moment the soil at the far end of the burrow began to crumble inwards : then it fell away and Silver 's head and front paws appeared . |
| 16 | You of all men , my lord , know that at this moment the issue between Wales and England trembles on the verge of war , and that Brecon and Radnor may be vital to us . |
| 17 | He thought not : at this moment the prospect afforded him a satisfaction that was almost spiteful in its intensity . |
| 18 | From this moment the gap between Grye and the remainder of the field increased with every stride until Seb passed the winning-post . |
| 19 | Raskolnikov turns to Sonya ; ‘ it was to her , Sonya , that he first went with his confession ; when he felt the need of a human being , he sought the human being in her ’ — which does indeed isolate for a moment , and emphasize , the mystic business of his alienation from the human family ; and for this moment the dross ( as it were ) of Sonya and of Raskolnikov is withheld ; the god in his humanity is looking for the god in hers . |
| 20 | It was not surprising that at this moment the image of her mother — the canon 's widow in the dark flat near Westminster Cathedral should rise up before her . |
| 21 | In every village round the Long Mountain at this moment the news was blowing like a cold and killing wind . |
| 22 | He had always considered Sir John a portly , self-indulgent toper , but at this moment the coroner seemed more at ease , sword and dagger in his hands , fighting for his life , than he had at any time since they had met . |
| 23 | She looked at Fand , seeing the white arms shake , and knowing that in another moment a spear would go home and Fand would die ; because of me , she thought , all because of me . |
| 24 | But instead the ball whipped unplayablly along the floor and in another moment the man from Adelaide was celebrating with a grim , pale smile one of the biggest upsets of recent years . |
| 25 | What made the result so glorious was that it epitomized the essence of steeplechasing : at its most prestigious moment the sport had returned to its rural roots and shown that the humblest contestants can win the biggest prizes . |
| 26 | There were many records of such manifestations , from reliable and intelligent observers , who had often described the curious incident before they could possibly have heard bad news from India or Australia , where at that moment a friend 's life was endangered . |
| 27 | If only we could know for sure , but at that moment a guard came in and took away the television . |
| 28 | At that moment a clap of thunder exploded directly overhead as the storm burst and rain began beating noisily against the outside of the house . |
| 29 | In that moment a realisation dawned on me : we were n't unlucky at all . |
| 30 | Just at that moment a man staggered out of the door of the bank ; when he saw the tableau of police and soldiers in front of him , he threw his arms up in the air . |