Example sentences of "and in [art] moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tall Finn and Peter Horbury together raised her up and in a moment or two her eyelids fluttered open . |
| 2 | It was Mr Eames 's , and in a moment he was back , and as much in a rush as a butler can be . |
| 3 | He was broken with compassion as he watched her crashing like a falling star , pulled by gravity and centripetal forces towards the consummation of the sun and in a moment of weakness he relaxed his will . |
| 4 | The curtains fluttered as the figure moved behind them and in a moment parted to reveal a metal bedstead with a grubby patchwork quilt , shelves jostling with books — and Vic , or so Mungo presumed . |
| 5 | And in a moment she 'll be holding my hand . |
| 6 | In a tense cup tie a rival fan threw a can at him and in a moment of pure pantomime ‘ Bud ’ picked up the can , motioned a greeting of ‘ cheers ’ to the terracing and drank some of the can 's unknown contents . |
| 7 | The curtain of rain caught them up and in a moment soaked them to the skin . |
| 8 | It forced in Mr Woodmansey 's front window , and in a moment filled his house . |
| 9 | Edmund arrives to find Emily 's cat has got at the lobsters and broken her beautiful china ; and in a moment of quiet at the end of his visit a boring neighbour ( well known to him from the letters ) makes her way in — and alas , like most bores who are funny in letters , she is not so in real life . |
| 10 | At this point the poet ‘ takes off ’ and in a moment of vision tells us that Man 's ‘ greatness ’ is derived from early childhood experiences — provided that we have contributed something from ourselves to the bare impressions . |
| 11 | Anna , my pet , I have collected your new dress and in a moment you shall try it on . ’ |
| 12 | And she brightened up so much , and in a moment was wide awake , and asked about everything . ’ |
| 13 | God is love , and in a moment of ecstasy , of uncalculated desire , created outside his personal communion the spiritual universe . |
| 14 | He busied himself with the electric kettle and a jar of instant coffee , and in a moment or two put the hot drink in front of her . |
| 15 | But today , with more time at her disposal , she could no longer resist the adventure , and in a moment she was out of her own plain black Sunday dress , with its detachable white collar and cuffs , and into the sumptuous white silk which had clothed her dead mother once and for just a few short hours . |
| 16 | He was so loving and in a moment I had bared my few troubles , and felt it almost criminal to worry him with one 's little difficulties . |
| 17 | We climbed in on to plank benches , and in a moment we were off . |
| 18 | My granddaughter is safe at our table with Jane , and in a moment we 're all going to watch the firework display . ’ |
| 19 | Rostov turned to meet the eyes of the other members of the Navy party and in a moment of mutual intuition , they dismounted . |
| 20 | The coolies sensed their fright instantly and in a moment forty or fifty of them were advancing menacingly on the little group of overseers , brandishing the implements they had used for so long to tend the rubber plantation under their ruthless tutelage . |
| 21 | Méli disliked silence , and in a moment he began to tell me what he knew about Conchis . |
| 22 | Suddenly one of them jumped angrily up at me , and in a moment all the others were attacking me . |
| 23 | He turned to a small cabinet mounted high on the kitchen wall , and in a moment had presented her with a glass of water and two white capsules that she swallowed obediently and not without relief . |
| 24 | But somehow , damn him , he was too quick for her ; somehow , with catlike reflexes , he had manoeuvred her around so that now he had hold of her arms and she felt herself falling backwards , and in a moment there she was in front of him , floundering in the stagnant , smelly water . |
| 25 | Then strangely the sun began to turn black and the sky dark and as she breathed the shadow of his name she felt her legs folding beneath her and in a moment she had fainted . |
| 26 | She got into the coach , the steps were folded up , and in a moment the horses were trotting around the house towards the main drive . |
| 27 | Then Siward , his arm raised , had his men under control , and in a moment the sound of his voice could be heard shouting his rebuttal . |
| 28 | Henry picked up another set of handles and in a moment Prince Charming was walking towards Cinderella and bowing from the waist . |
| 29 | I 'd like to propose the Labour motion because I think that this actually , these issues are very important and in a moment I shall say why I think they are . |
| 30 | And in a moment , 48 years melt away . |