Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] at [adj] moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was cold in the stadium and a leaden sky threatened to weep down at any moment on the small crowd assembled below . |
| 2 | Patrick squirmed uncomfortably in the jumper and the trousers , which were at least two sizes too large for him — he felt as if they were going to fall down at any moment . |
| 3 | Breathlessly , Jenny poured out the news that the rear offside wheel of Miss Clinton 's car was loose , likely to come off at any moment , sooner or later certain to come off . |
| 4 | Like Miss Honey , she felt sure both ears were going to come off at any moment with all the weight that was on them . |
| 5 | She realised she was gripping the gun with two hands and had trained it on his chest , as if she expected him to leap up at any moment and lunge at her . |
| 6 | It appeared to be an occupational hazard , walking down dark and dingy — or even brightly lit — corridors , waiting for strange creatures to pounce out at unexpected moments . |
| 7 | Nan came in at that moment . |
| 8 | He turned away impatiently and Jules came in at that moment , bringing coffee on a silver tray , and the conversation had to end , to Jenna 's great relief . |
| 9 | Ilse came in at that moment . |
| 10 | Marcus could have turned up at any moment . |
| 11 | Jack came back at that moment . |
| 12 | Then the words rebounded back to my ears and I heard their sound and their meaning , and the pain came back at that moment , too , and it all made sense , the way a policeman 's knock on the door must make sense when you 've committed a crime . |
| 13 | He was especially good at the end , when the aliens ( who have been monitoring the whole joke , helping Spunk out at awkward moments ) beam him back to BC . |
| 14 | His mother was leafing through a huge pile of correspondence , the wire-framed spectacles perched on the end of her nose threatening to fall off at any moment , while Senga sat beneath the window , copying verses from an open Bible . |
| 15 | What a way to spend the morning , hammering away at the base of a bomb that is likely to go off at any moment . |
| 16 | But they were n't totally happy — for it was confirmed that the interrogation of the prisoner — going on at that moment — would reveal where the stuff had gone . |
| 17 | By good fortune , the crew turned up at that moment . |
| 18 | But pulling out at that moment automatically yields failure . |
| 19 | The salesmen at one licensed dealer generally managed to persuade such clients to stay in their shares on grounds that the share price was perpetually due to move up , so they could avoid the losses they would incur through selling out at that moment . |
| 20 | It was all the harder because I could have given up at any moment . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't want to leave Ana , ’ she confessed quietly and he had no time to do anything other than look at her intently because Ana walked in at that moment , looking bright and determined . |
| 22 | I could be called in at any moment . |
| 23 | She looked as though she might slide off at any moment . |
| 24 | There was no sign of her in the street but a taxi might draw up at any moment . |
| 25 | In order to achieve the First Five-Year Plan , figures worked out at that moment estimated that the manpower necessary for attaining the production goals at 4.1 million workers and employees ( i.e. an increase of 1 million or 33% ) . |
| 26 | On a table in the hall was a pile of letters , addressed to officers who might be dead , or in prison camps , or coming back at any moment … . |
| 27 | Zen was still irrationally worried that Gianluigi might walk in at any moment , hunting rifle in hand . |
| 28 | A load of camera gear assumes a life of its own , swinging round at awkward moments , trying to catch you off balance and topple you over the edge . |
| 29 | A corollary of this last point is that the technique is likely to succeed when the signal is switched on at some moment to which the time origin may be ascribed , the inference being that the signal is zero up to time . |
| 30 | Maybe recording what they 're doing , leading them , and the teacher can come in at appropriate moments to help it along . |