Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] moment " in BNC.

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1 The disorder that had seemed to him for decades to determine the course of events regrouped itself like a pile of iron filings suddenly organized by a magnet , and he had a flash of optimism when it appeared quite possible that men in the days to come might wish to find out more than concerned them at the moment .
2 When I did , something about its stillness stilled me for a moment .
3 But he has forsaken them for the moment , at least in his current Emmerich show , ‘ Some Very Recent Paintings ’ ( opening 14 January ) .
4 You 'll hurt me in a moment .
5 You do n't need me for the moment , but I 'll be back this afternoon .
6 ‘ I do n't need them for the moment , ’ said Apricot , ‘ because Bernard and I do n't do it .
7 That shooting The London boxing promoter Mickey Duff said : ‘ The only thing that worries me at the moment is his speedy recovery . ’
8 ‘ However , ’ said Canon Wheeler clearing his throat to indicate that he had n't finished and intended to keep the reins of conversation in his own hands , ‘ what chiefly worries me at the moment is the Old Man 's reaction . ’
9 What worries me at the moment about the proposals is that there is discrimination not only against the United Kingdom but against Europe in the way in which the Commission is carrying out the negotiations with the United States .
10 It is not necessary for you to meet him at the moment — in fact , he is not here right at this moment — but you may use the telephone .
11 ‘ Nobody 's finding it very easy to meet him at the moment , ’ said Charlotte .
12 Bless Marvin Gaye — but we do n't need him at the moment !
13 Vass regarded her for a moment .
14 The blue eyes narrowed as he regarded her for a moment .
15 He regarded her for a moment as though considering what she 'd told him .
16 He looked up from the desk , caught her at a moment when , against her will , tears had filled her eyes .
17 The young paratrooper turned to look at me , his eyes alarmed , as if he expected somehow to see that his buddies had caught him in a moment of vulnerability .
18 Kevin detained him for a moment .
19 One commentator described it as the moment when de Gaulle 's spell was broken .
20 The prediction of its heliacal rising after inferior conjunction , that is , its first reappearance as ‘ the morning star ’ after a period of invisibility , was of vital concern to the Maya , who regarded it as a moment of particular dread .
21 ‘ I do n't doubt it for a moment . ’
22 Oh their life 's can be totally wrecked , I do n't doubt it for a moment .
23 yeah , count them at the moment .
24 Wan na watch them at the moment .
25 ‘ I 'll do them in a moment . ’
26 His name completly eludes me at the moment .
27 ‘ And I 've told you there is n't any more information I can give you at the moment . ’
28 ‘ These are all the variations I can show you for the moment . ’
29 I do n't have anything else that I could show you at the moment I 'm afraid .
30 Thick , dark and naturally wavy as it was , all she had to do was twist it through an elasticated hairband and pin the resulting pony-tail into whatever shape pleased her at the moment .
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