Example sentences of "[prep] the same moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also at about the same moment as the homing rat disappeared into the maze of runs under the city , scurrying along in faultless obedience to an ancient instinct , the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork picked up the letters delivered that morning by albatross . |
| 2 | Down below , thieves , assassins , trolls and merchants all realised at about the same moment that they were in a room made treacherous of foothold by gold coins and containing something , among the suddenly menacing shapes in the semi-darkness , that was absolutely horrible . |
| 3 | And , yes , the dull weight of that moment includes the dull weight of the same moment the evening before , which includes the dull weight of the evening before that , which … |
| 4 | At last he saw the first of the dawn , like light faintly perceived round a corner at the far end of an unknown burrow ; and in the same moment a yellow-hammer sang . |
| 5 | In the same moment , she started to come , hips rising so fast that she almost bucked him off . |
| 6 | Piper slammed into the oak pillar ; in the same moment , Ellwood hit him backhanded . |
| 7 | In the same moment , the others came past . |
| 8 | Kemp reached for the cheese ; in the same moment , the Indian stepped forward with a claret decanter . |
| 9 | He asked , ‘ What 's the problem ? ’ and in the same moment , struck at the man stiff-armed , a karate blow . |
| 10 | Fascinated and repelled in the same moment she continued to watch the macabre spectacle despite herself , her lips parted , her eyes bright . |
| 11 | In the same moment , he realised that it would be extremely dangerous for Fenella to join them . |
| 12 | Balor let out a bellow of fear and , in the same moment , the Trees closed in . |
| 13 | And wondered , in the same moment , how they could possibly hope to cheat the Sentry Spells . |
| 14 | He sprang up with a cry , and in the same moment the tent collapsed upon him , pinning him to the ground under its heavy folds , and the hammering rain held it there , flattened crushingly over his breast , moulding itself to every feature of his face , so that he was nearly suffocated . |
| 15 | She watched in silence , her heart crying out to him , suddenly fearful that almost in the same moment that she 'd found him she had lost him , but without knowing why . |
| 16 | Though it may well be , he wrote , that one actually achieves more working with the wrong plans and in the wrong spirit , with the wrong tools and the wrong principles , on the wrong surface and with the wrong conception , it may well be , he wrote ( and Goldberg typed ) , that one achieves more than working with the right plans and in the right spirit , with the right tools and the right principles , on the right surface and with the right conception , though right and wrong and more and less are relative concepts and what seems right at one moment to one person may seem wrong at the same moment to another Person or at another moment to the same person , and what seems more to one person at one moment may seem less to another person at the same moment or at another moment to the same person , right , wrong , more , less , relative concepts , scribbled Goldberg , in the margin , panting slightly as he bent over his old Olivetti Portable , there is only the beginning , wrote Harsnet , or rather , there is only having begun , beginning , scribbled Goldberg , aware now of the black stains on his hands left by the felt-tip pen , having begun , there is only the feeling in the pit of the stomach or the feeling in the chest , wrote Harsnet , the feeling of sickness or the feeling of elation , those are not relative , he wrote , those are absolute . |
| 17 | Though it may well be , he wrote , that one actually achieves more working with the wrong plans and in the wrong spirit , with the wrong tools and the wrong principles , on the wrong surface and with the wrong conception , it may well be , he wrote ( and Goldberg typed ) , that one achieves more than working with the right plans and in the right spirit , with the right tools and the right principles , on the right surface and with the right conception , though right and wrong and more and less are relative concepts and what seems right at one moment to one person may seem wrong at the same moment to another Person or at another moment to the same person , and what seems more to one person at one moment may seem less to another person at the same moment or at another moment to the same person , right , wrong , more , less , relative concepts , scribbled Goldberg , in the margin , panting slightly as he bent over his old Olivetti Portable , there is only the beginning , wrote Harsnet , or rather , there is only having begun , beginning , scribbled Goldberg , aware now of the black stains on his hands left by the felt-tip pen , having begun , there is only the feeling in the pit of the stomach or the feeling in the chest , wrote Harsnet , the feeling of sickness or the feeling of elation , those are not relative , he wrote , those are absolute . |
| 18 | Furthermore , it is all too easy for both people to decide to let go at the same moment , so that no one is left holding a wing-tip . |
| 19 | We reach the station at the same moment as an elegant train loaded with ladies preening themselves in their furs and hats , the men all wearing dark suits . |
| 20 | Before flying to the conclusion that certain things are ‘ against the rules ’ ( heaven save us , procedures are already erected into RULES ! ) let the neophyte consider that a man can not be in New York and Pekin at the same moment . |
| 21 | Her God had made the dark at the same moment as the light . |
| 22 | And at the same moment she had the shattering thought that perhaps she had imagined the whole thing . |
| 23 | Amateurism was scrapped at the same moment that the imperial structure it had helped to sustain was itself wound up . |
| 24 | I accelerated towards her , At the same moment , she saw us and darted towards an alley . |
| 25 | At the same moment , at the top of the stairs , Doyle turned off the music . |
| 26 | At the same moment , Jinny heard Doyle shout , ‘ What are you waiting for ? ’ |
| 27 | And Harriet Shakespeare , stumbling over the rough ground towards them , raised her voice at the same moment and yelled , ‘ Tug darling , it 's all right . |
| 28 | Across the emptying room another hurt mind had been at the same moment of time glanced by unwanted evocations of shabby Forest sheep nudging together in a brick shelter on a high road through the trees . |
| 29 | Sure enough , they dropped their sticks at the same moment and ran across to the downriver side of the bridge to watch for the winner . |
| 30 | He or she will be obliged to wait politely as you go about your task , which you can time to complete at the same moment you recover the skill of breathing in and out . |