Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] the [adj] moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their eyes had met for only the briefest moment , but it had seemed like a lifetime . |
| 2 | With only the briefest moment of hesitation , Harry willingly gave way to the heady temptation of holding this vibrant , passionate young girl in his arms . |
| 3 | In almost the same moment Alexei recalled that his father had been at the same briefing . |
| 4 | ‘ You allowed me to deflect your questions far too easily , ’ he answered , ‘ Is it any wonder that from almost the first moment I saw you … ’ he paused ‘ … |
| 5 | Having coached Waikato in the New Zealand provincial championship for some years , Ross was looking for a new challenge and the opportunity to come to Northampton came at exactly the right moment . |
| 6 | Defending against smashes is even trickier — you have to press up and fire to jump up at exactly the right moment to block the smash , and sometimes the other player will fool you by just tipping a weak shot over your head ! |
| 7 | At exactly the right moment , just when Julia 's nervousness had reached its height , he looked up and fixed his prominent grey eyes on her , his handsome regular features flushed with temper . |
| 8 | AT NOON last Friday , February 15th , Britain 's rising equity prices , at 2303.8 on the FT-SE 100 index , stood within millimetres of their level — 2303.2 — at exactly the same moment 12 months earlier . |
| 9 | Even if you listen out carefully before you transmit , you have no guarantee that another pilot is not going to press his or her PTT at exactly the same moment as you do , with the probable result that both messages are drowned out and the Air Traffic Controller 's ears are assaulted by a high-pitched screech . |
| 10 | Both landed at exactly the same moment ! |
| 11 | A. ’ At exactly the same moment B handed to the post office a telegram to A : ‘ Cancel my first telegram . |
| 12 | Fenella began to speak at exactly the same moment that Pumlumon began to intone the Draoicht Suan . |
| 13 | Ski with a friend and make some fairly short-radius turns which the second skier will try to emulate at exactly the same moment ( ie turn at the same time rather than follow the same track ) . |
| 14 | He is delighted to have run into form at just the right moment , leaving him in his most confident frame of mind since the days leading up to his triumphant 1990 Open at St Andrews . |
| 15 | He positively brims with charm , suggesting that , like the proverbial Don , he has the enviable ability to turn it on at just the right moment . |
| 16 | It used to be thought that the correct technique was to add positive pitch at just the right moment to give a survivable — if not gentle-landing . |
| 17 | If you have a strong stomach , pop into the Central Market ; the butchers and fishmongers can always spot a squeamish visitor and slaughter one of their victims at just the right moment . |
| 18 | Sandra and Fashion Editor Caroline Baker had lots of fun making sure the pictures were perfect — and that Alex and her furry friend looked at the camera at just the right moment ! |
| 19 | A little owl , pretending to be just another stone on a heap of stones ; we could so easily have missed him if he had n't swivelled his head to peer in our direction at just the right moment . |
| 20 | On television , detective series end at just the right moment , after the criminal has been caught and before the courts turn him loose . |
| 21 | I thought I might hit him with it and knock him out , if I did it at just the right moment . |
| 22 | They ordered calvados and played canards , dipping the sugar cubes in the tawny liquid so that the surfaces just met , the liqueur drawn up through the sugar , flushing and softening it until at just the right moment , a split second before the sweetness might dissolve and fall into the drink and spoil it , you tipped your head back and took the lump on your tongue and either let it melt there , or gnashed the singingly sweet grit of the sugar grains . |
| 23 | It certainly seems to specialise in hitting nails on heads at just the right moment . |
| 24 | A large group in the opposite corner had erupted into laughter at just the right moment , to mask the sound of her action , however , and even those who had seen and heard were simply hiding slightly shocked and curious smiles behind polite hands and pretending to go on with their talk . |
| 25 | ‘ Actually , you 've come at just the right moment . |
| 26 | the system is set up so that the engine for each car arrives at just the right moment . ’ |
| 27 | They were just poling away and Matt shouted ‘ Hey , fellers , cut ’ but they did n't take any notice and I remember thinking maybe they 're testing the rope to see if it works , and Matt and I turned at just the same moment and saw where the Indians were heading us — straight into a pile of rocks and foaming water — and I knew the rope must have broken or something . |
| 28 | He also warned that a slowdown in money supply growth this summer could threaten the recovery at just the wrong moment . |
| 29 | He never came to a conclusion for Angelina and Oliver came at just the wrong moment , just as the fish required the hand of the maître . |
| 30 | But it appeared at precisely the right moment to catch the poststructuralist tide associated with Derrida and the later Barthes , and several of the most influential titles brought together , rather uneasily , poststructuralism and Marxism . |