Example sentences of "[prep] [det] moment [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 For that moment we all felt that something odd and unpleasant had just happened — and was likely to happen again .
2 But for that moment you are there for them .
3 Then for another moment they looked at each other .
4 It had appeared , it would move on , but for this moment it was there for her — almost as if it had waited for her to be alone .
5 For this moment he mattered more than the boys .
6 After some moments I replied ‘ This arm , here ’ and indicated my left arm .
7 After some moments it was opened by an elderly woman servant .
8 After few moments he hung up .
9 Of course , once holes and walking come into the scenario I shall get frustrated and ball blind , but as of this moment I 'm a thug , a fanatic and possibly the Oldest Swinger in town .
10 ‘ Far from it ! ’ she said thickly , but her racing pulses told him a different story , and she knew her desire for him was growing stronger with each moment they spent together .
11 From that moment we were dedicated to film .
12 From that moment they have gone from strength to strength and last year reached the final of the Pilkington Cup only to lose in extra time .
13 From that moment they drew breath more easily , not afraid to talk above a whisper , and undismayed by the echoing sound of their own footsteps .
14 And from that moment she began to think clearly , rationally , and ceased to struggle .
15 She knew from that moment she had to be a Salvation Army officer .
16 A crack of hoarse laughter was surprised out of her employer , and from that moment she began to improve in spirit .
17 From that moment I knew I had been hit by something . ’
18 Erm and from that moment I got into hospital and I had no more trouble .
19 From that moment he could have transformed his country .
20 From that moment he abandons his faith , as well as his career in the Church .
21 They sure looked smart , he thought , and from that moment he began to cultivate the straight , dignified bearing which was to be his hallmark in later life ; only occasionally did he forget and relapse into his old North American droop .
22 A Chinaman of the T'ang Dynasty — and , by which definition , a philosopher — dreamed he was a butterfly , and from that moment he was never quite sure that he was not a butterfly dreaming it was a Chinese philosopher .
23 From that moment he had had respect for Blanche : he knew it took a rare combination of self-confidence and courage to admit she had been wrong .
24 From that moment he looked after the rose garden and when the war came he said , ‘ Look here , if we get through this all right , we 'll make a garden together . ’
25 Hotspur wheeled to keep touch with him , pleased by the ready retort , but his impetus had swept them apart , and from that moment it was hand-to-hand work with whoever was cast up at him , horsed or afoot , until he could find room enough to choose his man and use a lance again .
26 From that moment it was my responsibility .
27 And in that moment he saw the shape formed by the moving depths .
28 It 's only three or four paces , but in that moment he sees Tommy tense his arm at full stretch and turn his head away .
29 In that moment he felt alive and powerful .
30 In that moment he had made up his mind .
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