Example sentences of "a moment in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He spilled some of the machine tea from the plastic cups as he moved , and one of the wizened youths glanced back for a moment in disapproval . |
| 2 | He frowned for a moment in shock . |
| 3 | It was a moment in history recalled every year in the Feast of the Passover . |
| 4 | But I am plagued by the thought that we have arrived at a moment in history when this is about to be swept away . |
| 5 | And a moment in history . |
| 6 | The car seemed to hang a moment in space . |
| 7 | Sophie nodded as she cleaned up the wound , then , after giving an injection of antibiotic , she stood for a moment in thought . |
| 8 | He watched her for a moment in silence . |
| 9 | She sat for a moment in silence . |
| 10 | He stood for a moment in silence . |
| 11 | He glared at Harry for a moment in silence , then resumed . |
| 12 | They stood facing each other for a moment in silence . |
| 13 | Luke watched her for a moment in silence , and Merrill 's gaze fell . |
| 14 | After studying her for a moment in silence , he added , ‘ What possessed you to take off your shoes and come charging out of the alley like that ? ’ |
| 15 | Adam studied her for a moment in silence . |
| 16 | Here , among ‘ Prayer wheels , worship of the dead , denial of this world , affirmation of rites with forgotten meanings ’ , some of the stuff of Eliot 's earlier poetry and his anthropological researches , there comes a visionary instant of incarnation forming a link between God and man and , in Eliot 's own poetry , between Ash-Wednesday and Four Quartets : ‘ A moment not out of time , but in time , in what we call history ; transecting , bisecting the world of time , a moment in time but not like a moment of time . ’ |
| 17 | It means the person never has to work through their grief , but can stay poised at a moment in time , hoping that the news they heard , but can not believe , turns out to be wrong after all . |
| 18 | Nobody would claim that an audit is a perfect process : it is a snapshot at a moment in time , with the client often deciding how much light is to be let into the exposure . |
| 19 | And when words can manage something of this , and manage it in a moment in time , and in that same moment make out of it all the vital signature of a human being — not of an atom , or of a geometrical diagram , or a heap of lenses — but a human being , we call it poetry . |
| 20 | There is always a moment in time when we can make a decision whether or not to vent our anger . |
| 21 | It occurred at a moment in time when reading represented the chief leisure activity , apart from sex and drinking , for the British population . |
| 22 | It should be a catalyst , a moment in time , a turning of the tide . |
| 23 | The march of the matriarchal society may have been stopped here in the United Kingdom , but it is but a temporary halt , a moment in time . |
| 24 | April 7 — August 12 : A Moment in Time — Paintings of Cogges by Nina Carroll . |
| 25 | Athelstan stood for a moment in disbelief , then he moved over to the other bed post : there , in the centre , the artist had etched a life-like horse . |
| 26 | She stood there for a moment in confusion , the lantern in her hand shedding a golden light on the creamy folds of her dress where the dark fur had fallen open over it , her hand to her eyes , shading them against the lantern light , her brow creased with puzzlement . |
| 27 | Oliver stood for a moment in terror , the blood rushing through him until he felt he was on fire . |
| 28 | The final essay , by Prudence Black and Stephen Muecke , gives an account of a moment in fashion history : the appearance of the mini-skirt in Melbourne in 1965 . |
| 29 | He frowned for a moment in concentration . |