Example sentences of "[adv] at [adj] moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | Patrick squirmed uncomfortably in the jumper and the trousers , which were at least two sizes too large for him — he felt as if they were going to fall down at any moment . |
| 2 | It was cold in the stadium and a leaden sky threatened to weep down at any moment on the small crowd assembled below . |
| 3 | Mark , aware of the problem , records that the reaction of the chief priests and Scribes was to look for some way to get rid of Jesus , but that they could not do so at that moment because Jesus was popular with the people . |
| 4 | So at this moment it 's as well to look at your present experience and see how you can help yourself to extend it , before applying to audition at a drama school . |
| 5 | ‘ But it does n't seem so at this moment . ’ |
| 6 | Nan came in at that moment . |
| 7 | The depth of the hole at any moment represents the money that has to be put in at that moment . |
| 8 | He turned away impatiently and Jules came in at that moment , bringing coffee on a silver tray , and the conversation had to end , to Jenna 's great relief . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't want to leave Ana , ’ she confessed quietly and he had no time to do anything other than look at her intently because Ana walked in at that moment , looking bright and determined . |
| 10 | Ilse came in at that moment . |
| 11 | I wanted to have that control in the studio , being able to step in at any moment . ’ |
| 12 | I could be called in at any moment . |
| 13 | Zen was still irrationally worried that Gianluigi might walk in at any moment , hunting rifle in hand . |
| 14 | Reverting to the situation we find ourselves in at this moment , there are four facts that can be regarded as certainties or near-certainties . |
| 15 | And that was the reason why , and in fact the total shortfall , the total unmanning was something like a hundred and thirty-five hundred and forty , which is why the police authority has a bid in at this moment for a , a further sixty-eight policemen , which has in fact been backed by the county council , who are prepared to pay for it . |
| 16 | And since , as Mr Lawrence says , there could hardly be anything personal in the attack , we 're left with the probability that anyone who had happened along at that moment would have been dealt with in the same way . |
| 17 | It was n't that I was n't listening , I heard him all right ; but I was busy with my own thoughts , or , rather , my own feelings — the two were inextricably mixed together at this moment — and what he said was merely a background to the tumult that was going on inside me . |
| 18 | The fifteen hundred men who had set off north from the Forth directly after the first struggle with Siward and who must be less than two hours away at this moment , marching up Strathallan by the way he had come himself , passing Dunblane and Forteviot . |
| 19 | In some houses the fire grate was loose in the wall and looked liable to fall away at any moment … perhaps when full of live coals and with a pan of boiling water . |
| 20 | Another girl , who looked wretchedly unhappy and as if she might be going to fade away at any moment , practically had a miscarriage on stage one night as a result of some pills she 'd been made to take by her awful lout of a lover . |
| 21 | The other source of embarrassment was the very real possibility that Dennis would stroll over at any moment and catch us at it . |
| 22 | Also — and I 'm quite prepared to admit this — because of all the problems I was having trying to find work , just at that moment I really did n't want the bother of hunting for a new home . |
| 23 | Unless I went back to Harwich , I was going to be flat broke in a couple of days and just at that moment the last thing I wanted to do was to go back to Harwich . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | But just at that moment a smart new van came into view round the bend , and as it drew nearer and Brenda could see the driver , she let out a cry . |
| 26 | Just at that moment my gardener came with his basket , and when the woman realised that the flowers in the vase on my table were going to be thrown away , to make way for the fresh ones . |
| 27 | Just at that moment , the cats all leapt to their feet with their fur on end and looked in the direction of the door . |
| 28 | Just at that moment there was a loud banging on the back door of Four Winds and when Edna went to answer it she found one of her younger brothers , Bob Rafferty , standing there , red and perspiring , while , in between gasps , he burst out , ‘ You gotter come , Edna . |
| 29 | It 's not her fault , ’ said Jeremy Vole , but no one heard him because Ferd Frog and his wife , Polly , hopped from the water just at that moment and joined the ruckus . |
| 30 | Yet just at that moment — one occasionally suspects that the mythmakers have been at work on the story — the lookout sighted sails on the western horizon . |