Example sentences of "[v-ing] at [adj] moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many inexperienced pilots do not even consider what the situation is going to be and only think about what is happening at that moment . |
| 2 | This aspect of Relativity is difficult fully to understand , but in simplest terms we can say that it is impossible to consider whatever is happening at this moment on & alpha Centauri , about 4.5 lightyears away , as sharing a ‘ now ’ with whatever is happening here . |
| 3 | The chances of any of her acquaintance passing at this moment and noting that she , Phoebe Petherington , was entering the evil portals of a private hospital , were , she admitted , so small as to be risible , but that did not allay her shame . |
| 4 | DeVore touched the pad , pausing at that moment . |
| 5 | The House of Lords was deliberating at that moment whether such people could legally be Trustees of a Church of England School ( it was eventually decided that they could not ) . |
| 6 | ‘ It could knock us flying at any moment , ’ she said grimly . |
| 7 | Dennis eventually went off with her on his own , leaving Nicholson to return alone to their hotel where he acted out some kind of ritual guarding of their rooms , ready to forewarn of an attack he was expecting at any moment from some non-existent Red Indians . |
| 8 | The extraordinary thing was that the man who was begging me to go and tell the world about this was expecting at any moment to hear that he had been appointed to one of the most senior jobs in the Iraqi government . |
| 9 | He made the stairs in one breathless rush , expecting at any moment another , more accurate shot . |
| 10 | She wondered what her father and brothers were doing at that moment , and pictured Niall and Roger riding in through the castle gate with more stories of escapades , cattle raids , skirmishes , pranks and hunting expeditions ; and so vividly could she imagine them that it seemed that she actually heard their voices , saw their red-cheeked smiles , and smelt the leather of their boots and the steam from their bodies when they came into the big kitchen at the end of a day . |
| 11 | What was Fateha doing at that moment ? ) |
| 12 | But the case is different of course in modes of language use which are non-reciprocal , of which what I am doing at this moment is an obvious example . |
| 13 | What are you doing at this moment ? ’ we said and , still in mid-conversation , both went into our separate loos . |
| 14 | What would he be doing at this moment ? |
| 15 | What would you be doing at this moment , if I had n't been there ’ |
| 16 | Now she took care to change the subject and what could be more natural than to talk to the vet and his sister about Faustina and to speculate on what she might be doing at this moment . |
| 17 | No I 've got nothing else to be doing at this moment . |
| 18 | As she got to her feet he looked underneath her , remembering the equipment cows had , and saw that she had a semblance of the same thing , although nothing like so dangly as a cow 's , but quite satisfactorily dripping at that moment with what he supposed was milk . |
| 19 | It was no good ; reading at this moment in time was the last thing she felt like . |
| 20 | The signal of pain overrides any other signals that the brain may be receiving at that moment , any thoughts , ideas , or preoccupations are immediately swept aside so that the brain can attend to the pain and do something about it . |
| 21 | It came to me as I listened that I did n't want to be anywhere else in the world at that moment , that what I was feeling at that moment justified all I had been through , because all I had been through was my being there . |
| 22 | And it does mean I know exactly how shitty you 're feeling at this moment , and all the horrible fates you 're wishing down on my head . ’ |
| 23 | They 're asked to make two still images showing what the townspeople might be feeling at this moment — first , about their success in getting the railway to the town , and secondly , about what they have done to the old man , who is now homeless . |