Example sentences of "[vb infin] at [adj] moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | What made you jump at that moment ? |
| 2 | All he did know at this moment was that it seemed a shame a girl such as Maggie here , with brains , because she was no fool , and a talent such as she had , should be encased in a body that held no appeal . |
| 3 | And that 's something we must do before the next meeting so that I can answer the questions , cos we do n't really know at this moment . |
| 4 | I did not know what to say or do at this moment but just said ‘ Thy will be done ’ . |
| 5 | But all I can do at this moment in time is tell you where I stand today . |
| 6 | But we believe we know what at this moment the country wants , and we believe it is for us in our strength to do what no other party can do at this moment and to say that we at any rate stand for peace … |
| 7 | Her voice was stretched very tight , as though it might snap at any moment and tumble her into tears . |
| 8 | It does n't look at this moment as if there is any real increase and any money for the extra students . |
| 9 | The telephone may ring at any moment and an account executive will be expected to know when a client can see the " Answerprint " of their new commercial or proofs of the latest press advertisement , so complete knowledge of the minutiae of the client 's business ready at his finger tips is required . |
| 10 | Ursula seemed somewhat calmer once she was home , not least because she was within earshot of the telephone , which she continued to think might ring at any moment , bringing news of Samantha . |
| 11 | Maureen said that her mother seemed free of pain but he warned her it could return at any moment . |
| 12 | It was a nightmare from which he would awaken at any moment . |
| 13 | You will , in fact , be so much in control of the situation that , should you decide at any moment that you do not wish to continue , all you have to do is open your eyes and you will be your present-day self again , exactly as you were when you first entered the consulting room . |
| 14 | ‘ We might hear at any moment that it 's a bomb , ’ said Haig . |
| 15 | But fire can happen at any moment : the Red Watch was called to the King 's Cross Underground station fire . |
| 16 | He looked down at the child , surprised , as if the boy would vanish at any moment , leaving him holding nothing . |
| 17 | ‘ There are twenty thousand people over there and this thing could fire at any moment . ’ |
| 18 | The 33-year-old former England star admitted : ‘ My knee could go at any moment . |
| 19 | I think we 've already discussed over great length and I think we 've gone as far as we can go at this moment . |
| 20 | Firstly , he could not be sure whether other surviving members of the killer pack might arrive at any moment to join the attack on him . |
| 21 | ‘ His third child , they say , will arrive at any moment , God protect them . |
| 22 | He also must know that my ships from Denmark might arrive at any moment . |
| 23 | The world might end at any moment ; the illustrations of ninth-century Apocalypses are charged with innovation and nervous energy . |
| 24 | Lynn might reappear at any moment , Thomas was rambling in the woods somewhere near by , Floss and Tibbs were playing badminton just round the corner . |
| 25 | It does n't seem at this moment in time that a reprieve is really on the cards . |
| 26 | He is prone to speak and write at one moment as though motives were transparently obvious , and at the next as though they were inscrutable mysteries far beyond the range of his competence . |
| 27 | As it was not yet open , she sat on the step beside a broken box of rotting plums and watched the market traders going about their business : they all seemed to be in their usual mood of precarious good humour which could splinter at any moment into invective and menacing gesture . |
| 28 | It struck Mungo as being like a time-bomb , planted even before memory , which might explode at any moment . |
| 29 | She looked as if she might explode at any moment . |
| 30 | Even to me then , it was strange that such a perception should dawn at that moment , when dogs were barking , wind was blowing in , everyone was making a hubbub , and Mary Shelley stood before me . |