Example sentences of "[vb infin] the [adj] moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leafing through bound volumes of those old editions in Beirut , Abu Khadra could still experience the odd moment of journalistic triumph as old newspapermen tend to do , long after their papers have died . |
| 2 | Did she ever experience the magic moment equivalent to his ejaculation ? |
| 3 | But do n't despair — now you can preserve the celebratory moment by having the cork converted into a princely ornament . |
| 4 | ‘ As a matter of fact , my dear , I have one tiny idea which I will ask Durance about in a while , when I can choose the best moment . |
| 5 | He foresees the disappearance of the author in favour of a cybernetic combinatory which will shift the decisive moment of a text from its production to its reception . |
| 6 | In the 1950s , when the late Heinz Under was presenting Torontonians for the first time with the symphonies of Gustav Mahler in the York Concert Society series in Massey Hall , I will never forget the ecstatic moment , after a dozen tumultuous curtain calls at the end of the Resurrection Symphony , when the elderly maestro lifted the heavy score off the stand — and shook it as vigorously and as high as he was able , in homage to the great composer . |
| 7 | We 'll go in and find the right moment to speak to her . ’ |