Example sentences of "[prep] the right moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | The banks have been hostile to the plans from the beginning but had been waiting for the right moment to withdraw on commercial rather than political grounds . |
| 2 | He would wait for the right moment . |
| 3 | Mungo admired Emily 's patience as she waited for the right moment to mention his proposition . |
| 4 | John Delaney knew now that all along it had been hunting them , that it was still hunting them , waiting for the right moment to pick them off at will , one at a time . |
| 5 | After Theo had gone , Vincent waited for the right moment to break his own news to Sien . |
| 6 | He waited for the right moment , walked calmly across the road , knelt down , put his neck across the railway line and waited for a loaded van to sever his head . |
| 7 | Although the City has recommended for the past year that Quality go public , the company has been waiting for the right moment . |
| 8 | ‘ I make big scenes for fun , because I adore drama , but I can also wait ten years , wait for the right moment to come . |
| 9 | Choosing the best time to buy is not always possible , and sometimes the inconvenience of waiting for the right moment can cause more trouble than any financial saving may by worth . |
| 10 | With this in position he waits for the right moment to switch through the distance shot film of the city , coupled with the live action inlay of the characters . |
| 11 | was there for the right moment and the right man . |
| 12 | His only choice at present was to wait for the right moment to play his hand . |
| 13 | ‘ I had to wait for the right moment to tell Nicola . |
| 14 | Huy had delayed telling Merymose about Surere , waiting for the right moment to come . |
| 15 | I 'm waiting for the right moment . ’ |
| 16 | I was waiting for the right moment to find out just how deeply your were involved with Elise . |
| 17 | Someone with greater political vision might have seen the end of hostilities as the right moment to substitute civilian for military leadership . |
| 18 | Carefully she waited until the right moment . |
| 19 | So it was a question of waiting till the right moment . |
| 20 | It is just because whatever one has planned to do is bound to be altered in the process that it is important to start at the right moment , he wrote . |
| 21 | Additional airbrake should be available to make the glider stop floating at the right moment . |
| 22 | It was just that I happened to ask at the right moment . |
| 23 | ‘ At ordinary times we do not read novels at all , as you may imagine , but the right novel at the right moment can have a real spiritual value . ’ |
| 24 | We just hit at the right moment and from that week onwards , at least 90 people turned up every week . |
| 25 | It was a great relief that they would no longer have to scheme some way of getting Anna out , at the right moment , while he himself was touring somewhere . |
| 26 | It is important that selection decisions are timed at the right moment in this chain . |
| 27 | Chapman had kept a close watch on Speirs ' feud with Bradford City , and moved in just at the right moment . |
| 28 | Incidentally the lesson would have been better if there had been more tape recorders in the school and if the tape had been ready at the right moment . |
| 29 | Then at the right moment the two beams of particles could be brought together to collide . |
| 30 | Each pixel must be individually addressed by a voltage to give the right shade at the right moment . |