Example sentences of "a good moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | He should have waited for a better moment instead of acting impulsively . |
| 2 | QUEEN OF SHANNON had tears and not champagne flowing by winning at Salisbury yesterday — but she could not have picked a better moment . |
| 3 | But there will be a better moment . |
| 4 | But there 'll be a better moment than this . |
| 5 | She saw , too , that they would never get a better moment to start the final , grand hudson . |
| 6 | but the actual extract as , as Cath said to me the other day , you know she felt sure and I said to her you know in a full length film they could 've actually chosen a better moment |
| 7 | GRAEME HICK finally lived up to his tag as England 's saviour yesterday — and the one-time ‘ Boy Wonder ’ could not have chosen a better moment to put his wretched Test record behind him . |
| 8 | As ‘ Working Title ’ continue to expand and develop , it seems a good moment to look back at some of their prolific and varied output , and we will be screening a number of titles from ‘ MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE ’ through the powerful drama ‘ A WORLD APART ’ , scripted by Gillian Slovo , Ruth First 's daughter , and underrated films like ‘ PAPERHOUSE ’ to ‘ ROBIN HOOD ’ , scripted by John Mcgrath , and then a number of their new releases : ‘ EDWARD II ’ ( directed by Derek Jarman ) , ‘ DAKOTA ROAD ’ and ‘ DROP DEAD FRED ’ , which has been a huge box office hit in the States . |
| 9 | Neither was listening to the other talk and I thought it would be a good moment to fetch the rhubarb tart . |
| 10 | But it was not a good moment , and they parted awkwardly . |
| 11 | I 've had my bath , after a satisfying day in the garden , and so I thought this would be a good moment to put pen to paper . |
| 12 | Even if only two or three people from the media attend , it may be a good moment to organize an interview , making sure to flesh out the story with quotations from a range of people . |
| 13 | Thame , Cardiff , Emanuel , and Wallington all flourished within the grammar-school tradition and 1959 is a good moment — before the critical voices drown the subtleties of that tradition — to try to define it , to place it in its historical and social context , and to prepare the scene for the massive reorganization of secondary schooling which marked the 1960s . |
| 14 | But it is a good moment . |
| 15 | Now is a good moment to emphasize that however friendly and informal the interviewer is being you should not fall into the trap of overfamiliarity . |
| 16 | This may be a good moment to indicate to her very gently that she has grieved well and long , and that if she is beginning to feel that her period of mourning is nearing its end ( even though you appreciate that she will always carry the scars of her sorrow ) , you are ready to give her any help she needs to adjust to her new and different life . |
| 17 | This is a good moment to recall the last trickle of white immigration to arouse official panic . |
| 18 | The 1970 season brought a less efficient car — a good moment for a driver to pack it in . |
| 19 | ‘ Yeah , ’ Boyd said listlessly , and then , with more animation , as he realized that this might be a good moment to break his news to his family , he added : ‘ Yeah , I did . ’ |
| 20 | She concedes , ‘ We are aware that a market for these Japanese artists does not yet exist , but it seemed like a good moment . |
| 21 | This is a good moment to recall Morgenthau 's Realism again . |
| 22 | They had just experienced the utterly fruitless meeting with Nehru and Jinnah : it was not a good moment to turn down the Burmese . |
| 23 | When , I wonder , would be a good moment ? ’ |
| 24 | This is a good moment to pause and check that the outlet is correctly positioned over the drain : remember that the plumbline will now be offset by half the diameter of the downpipe . |