Example sentences of "the moment " in BNC.
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| 31 | Drinking brilliantly at the moment is the 1990 Cabernet Franc from Vigneti le Monde ( £68.94 from Bibendum ) . |
| 32 | ‘ Yes , my dear , from the moment we 're married you 'll be Countess of Woodleigh . ’ |
| 33 | ‘ I knew it the moment I saw it last Sunday . |
| 34 | ‘ I 'm not feeling particularly kind at the moment , ’ Mrs Doran snapped . |
| 35 | We 're agreed , I think , that , ghastly though it is , there 's nothing we can do for that poor girl at the moment , and that Rita can go on for her . |
| 36 | The man on the Belgium desk at the Foreign Office was being driven to despair by what was coming out of Brussels at the moment but Henry saw no reason to say so . |
| 37 | ‘ Well , if it was intended as a distraction , then that must have been the moment when he poisoned his wife . |
| 38 | I 'm really rather busy at the moment . |
| 39 | Jobs are scarce at the moment , so you 've got to be realistic . ’ |
| 40 | Anne is abroad at the moment , doing some research , but she left a message with someone that I 'm to give her a ring when she gets back . |
| 41 | ‘ Daddy would have loved to have come as I said , but he just ca n't get any time off at all at the moment . |
| 42 | ‘ You must think the whole world 's against you at the moment . ’ |
| 43 | Little Darren gets ill really easily at the moment and as for Sonja , she 's just gone mental — I ca n't understand her any more . |
| 44 | ‘ I 'd find that a bit difficult at the moment . |
| 45 | ‘ I 'm not sure that I can at the moment , ’ I said apologetically . |
| 46 | ‘ I hear things are n't going too well for you at the moment . ’ |
| 47 | Are you completely broke at the moment , or … ’ |
| 48 | The future depended on decisions I could not possibly predict , but at least I had now been offered a shadow of a lifeline , and that , for the moment , would have to do . |
| 49 | Going back to the railway station was for the moment out of the question , just in case I bumped into someone who recognized me . |
| 50 | At the moment , they do n't seem to want to listen . |
| 51 | They focus not on areas of need but on areas where they want to be seen to be giving , and that 's usually where the spotlight happens for the moment to be falling . |
| 52 | ‘ I 've been excused for the moment . |
| 53 | When something happens and I ca n't look after myself any more the situation will be different , but at the moment what I 'd really like most is my independence back . ’ |
| 54 | ‘ Beset by these blasted cuts at the moment . |
| 55 | This is all going to cut you off from London a bit , but I do n't see that there 's really any other way at the moment . ’ |
| 56 | It gets a bit crowded when Camilla 's boyfriend is here , but they 're on holiday at the moment . ’ |
| 57 | I do n't know , but maybe tomorrow you will come across someone who is homeless — maybe in desperate need of help , maybe asleep and just wishing , for the moment , to be left in peace . |
| 58 | Do n't chop off all the deadheads in your border the moment the flowers fade . |
| 59 | At the moment it is in my garden , but I do n't think it is hardy enough to stay there . |
| 60 | In a field landing , or whenever you are trying for a spot landing ( which , of course , should be on every landing ) , the moment you find that you are having to keep full airbrake on continuously , you should start to side-slip and use up the excess height . |