Example sentences of "in a [adj] moments " in BNC.
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| 1 | They would have the fire brigade round in a few moments if the external noise had been as loud as the internal one . |
| 2 | ‘ Of course I 've got a plan , and you 'll see what it is in a few moments , if you 're too stupid to guess before that — ’ They swung round a bend and he swore suddenly and loudly . |
| 3 | I returned to the tractor-path and in a few moments saw Holford House standing before me on a rise . |
| 4 | In a few moments I was installed in a comfortable room about as near to the centre of Buda as it is possible to be . |
| 5 | It 's all a dream , in a few moments all will be streaming sunshine again . |
| 6 | Thus , when he suffers what in the past he would have regarded as a disaster , he can move now into the transcendent and in a few moments compose himself . |
| 7 | Anything struck by a poisoned arrow was paralysed almost immediately and in a few moments was dead . |
| 8 | In a few moments she had finished it all while Tom All Alone watched her with obvious delight . |
| 9 | returning with the plate in a few moments . |
| 10 | In a few moments the other participant in the sequence they were shooting would come , the estate agent from Sudbury . |
| 11 | All the beauty that ought to be but rarely is , all the promises of perfection are caught in a few moments of that iridescent light . |
| 12 | In a few moments the big dog reached the crowd gathered on the bank . |
| 13 | It gave me a great deal of pleasure to think how much more pained he was going to be in a few moments . |
| 14 | Er , so you can say that er Mr is a friend of pensioner 's , he said , he said he would be prepared to , what I , I , I approached him and said er , what about Harlow Caring Council , are they prepared to assist the pensioners in any way or do they wish to join in on this , oh yes he said , of course Norman he said , how much are you paying er Ron I said well his asking forty pound for the , for the morning , oh he said I 'll go half way with that , then he came out and said to me , pull me up afterwards and ask me to go to leisure services about the Tuesday , and so I 'm still following that up and hopefully we will have two days on pensioner 's week , because you want to have as much impact as possible and in a few moments , when I nearly finished here , I shall be reading you something where you 'll see that it is important that we make an impact on the people of Harlow . |
| 15 | Can I then introduce to you I 'll introduce the speaker in a few moments , quite formally , but Michael who 's the guest of Roy . |
| 16 | He then picked him up and in a few moments had taken Woil back to his cage , put him in , closed the iron gate and secured it . |
| 17 | In a few moments , he shut the beam off , and admired his handiwork . |
| 18 | And in a few moments a voice from that quarter , low and breathy , joined very softly in the responses . |
| 19 | In a few moments lonely Tess was asleep , in the bedroom once used by the young wives of her ancestors . |
| 20 | There was a tumult at the gates , and in a few moments Dunan and the Hearthwares joined them . |
| 21 | ‘ I hope Luib 's bunch bloodied their nose for them , or things are going to be rather tight around here in a few moments . ’ |
| 22 | And in a few moments she would be in the privacy of her own cabin , snuggling into a warm sleeping-bag on a thick foam mattress with a fabric cover that matched the padded headrest . |
| 23 | In a few moments they heard a car start up and drive away . |
| 24 | In a few moments they were alone . |
| 25 | Although she had made some photocopies to study later , it was possible that Adam might be able to clear the matter up in a few moments . |
| 26 | In a few moments you should see a summary screen showing details of your machine . |
| 27 | Your salad will be here in a few moments . ’ |
| 28 | I sha n't see you again — I 'm leaving in a few moments to drive down to Kildare . |
| 29 | In a few moments my right hon. Friend the Chancellor will set out our detailed proposals to deal with the problem of repossessions . |
| 30 | I shall give way in a few moments . |