Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [prep] [art] moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was immediately prior to the Nicholson ‘ star ’ era ; the wave of which he rode the crest was beginning to build and it is interesting to chronicle for a moment some of the events leading up to his ‘ discovery ’ as a major Hollywood personality — a hero of the age and one who , as we have seen , was much influenced by the existentialist prophecies of Kerouac , which were now , finally , coming home to roost in middle-class America and elsewhere . |
| 2 | Surely where the boundaries are around rural settlements , whether or not there are boundaries around rural settlements , does n't flow from E two but flows from decisions that district councils are free to make at the moment . |
| 3 | In one sense these findings may be seen as an argument for mainstreaming and it is appropriate to pause for a moment to consider this view . |
| 4 | ‘ No , you 're not , you 're exhausted , and you are n't fit to work at the moment . |
| 5 | I 'M through with all the gentle , kind and witty ‘ sex symbols ’ we 're supposed to fancy at the moment the Angus Deaytons and Kevin Whatelys . |
| 6 | That is about as much as the East Europeans are likely to get at the moment . |
| 7 | The Governor 's secretary left them alone in the room , promising to return in a moment with tea and coffee . |
| 8 | I 'm just finding levity a bit hard to take at the moment . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Perhaps not , but I 'm too tired to quarrel at the moment . ’ |
| 10 | She sensed an excitement in him and wondered why , but she was too tired to think at the moment . |
| 11 | Most good modern furniture is expensive and if you have set your heart on a piece you ca n't afford it is better to improvise for the moment . |
| 12 | I am troubled by the thought that this familiar world into which I am able to slip without a moment 's readjustment , is a vanishing world . |
| 13 | Yes so lots of games for United to play at the moment with the postponements , a lot of mid-week games , a lot of games up here at the Manor , but erm as so often happens with United , after a good performance or a little a good run , they never quite do it at home do they , they never quite kill sides off and they draw in games that they 've played very well as they have done today . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've nothing more to ask for the moment . ’ |
| 15 | George was unable to speak for a moment or two . |
| 16 | Bodie was too stunned to comment for a moment . |
| 17 | They should be pleased to turn for a moment from the Annual Assessment , which even they find a little dull , to some piece of historical research . |
| 18 | Fit-again Eric Cantona is desperate to atone for the moment , just seconds after he damaged a hamstring , when his misplaced pass handed Stuttgart one of their goals . |
| 19 | It is enough to know for the moment that you are going … |
| 20 | These are people who are so obsessed with the first decade of this new century that they 're inclined to forget for a moment the nineteen hundred or so years that went before it . |
| 21 | I think it 's very difficult to assess at the moment whether or not it 's impossible , I would n't say it 's impossible . |
| 22 | Yes I think it 's fair to say at the moment that , that , that is being looked at Mr Trotter , together with er the broader range of issues on the er the operating concept er for E F two thousand but it is of course standard practice to buy not just the number you need for the front line but to buy sufficient aircraft to keep that front line in field for about twenty five , thirty years , whatever the life of the aircraft happens to be , taking account of er attrition , taking account of training requirements and engineering needs and support needs and all that kind of thing and all that work er is , has been done , is being done at the moment and er final figures will be put to that in in due course . |
| 23 | Erm and I really want to I will build up some more time but I have n't got any to take at the moment . |
| 24 | ‘ Well , it is rather difficult to tell at the moment because it 's nearly dark , is n't it ? |
| 25 | The disarming process was due to begin from the moment of Senora Chamorro 's inauguration and be completed by the tenth of June . |
| 26 | Silas had said he wished to leave for Hastings immediately after the meal , so Lucy came to the table ready to leave at a moment 's notice . |
| 27 | And every one of those evil hoodlums comes equipped with a horde of underlings , clad in silly uniforms and ready to die at a moment 's notice . |
| 28 | WITH MILLIONS of spotty young upstarts being so alarmingly eager to please at the moment , I guess that the slightly askew likes of Strangelove should be welcomed with open charms . |