Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [prep] [art] [adj] moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think he caught me at a vulnerable moment , when I was more worried about myself than I am now . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm so sorry , Veronica , you caught me at a bad moment , ’ Loretta said apologetically . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've obviously caught you at a bad moment . |
| 4 | She was about to say so , in no uncertain terms , but stopped herself at the last moment . |
| 5 | I think you just caught him at a bad moment . |
| 6 | His eyes were ice-bright , and pierced her like twin blades as he regarded her for a long moment . |
| 7 | Could I have caught him at a bad moment , could he have mellowed , I could n't believe it . |
| 8 | This morning Luke seemed even less human than he had at the interview when obviously she had caught him in an off moment . |
| 9 | Accounting for the use of this form in any context will always imply relating the particular meaning actualized in the context to the permanent potential significate postulated for it in tongue , and will consequently involve : ( 1 ) showing that the common denominator of a before/after sequence is present ( the constant element evoked by to ) , and ( 2 ) showing how the speaker has fit the particular experience he is talking about into this potential by intercepting the operation of actualizing it at the appropriate moment ( the variable element expressed by to ) . |
| 10 | She was about to shake her head , but changed it at the last moment to a nod . |
| 11 | Evans , his second-in-command , ate them in a desperate moment . |
| 12 | Can I just borrow you for a few moments ? |
| 13 | The only human explanation was that one of us had said something in an unguarded moment . |
| 14 | Saw him at a sale being knocked down to a known horsemeat dealer and stepped in and outbid him at the last moment . |
| 15 | ‘ You may perhaps gain the kingdom of heaven by your prayers , ’ he told him in an unkind moment , ‘ but never the kingdom of Great Britain . ’ |
| 16 | If the helicopter is moving , to stop it you must apply an opposite control movement and then remove it at the precise moment that the helicopter stops . |
| 17 | At rest the cricket looks like a dead leaf , but it transforms itself at the last moment . |
| 18 | ‘ Look , I 've got you at a bad moment , sorry . |
| 19 | It is her ambition to be tried for her life for murdering a small tobacconist with a meat-cleaver , only to be dramatically cleared when her alibi is established by the bishop who was confirming her at the very moment of the crime . |
| 20 | ‘ I did n't believe it for a single moment , darling , ’ she repeated earnestly . |
| 21 | This is achieved by holding down the fire button until the meter below the energy bar reaches maximum , then releasing it at the right moment . |
| 22 | The horse jumped forward a few paces with his limbs bunched up and then , holding himself for a brief moment in a static rear , galloped off in sheer terror down the path . |
| 23 | The man heard or sensed him at the last moment and turned with his hands coming up to a fighting stance but Maxim feinted through them and hit him low in the stomach . |
| 24 | Because she turned unexpectedly she surprised him in an unguarded moment of frank sexual appraisal , but his dark , unsmiling gaze continued to hold hers steadily until she looked away again . |
| 25 | Ludo and I hear it at the same moment . |
| 26 | I would like to invite members to stand and join me in a few moments silence in memory of Doctor . |
| 27 | Anne watched her for a few moments in stunned silence , trying to decide if she meant what she had said . |
| 28 | He examined it for a few moments , then realised Tock was standing beside him with a can of oil . |
| 29 | When , in the summer of 1983 , she went to England for a few weeks , she took a French companion whose role was to instruct her during every spare moment . |
| 30 | She saw them at the same moment and hesitated , then she turned and began walking back the way she had come . |