Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] the [adj] moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not by someone else stepping in at the last moment . |
| 2 | He was intended to come down at the wrong moment , disappear , do the same again , then go shooting through the roof when the mechanics of the wire go wrong . |
| 3 | The basic recipe is a reduction of white wine and brown fond de veau lié with a julienne of gherkins and mustard stirred in at the last moment . |
| 4 | Chris , Marius and the Swiss who had come from Lille were here ; Alex had been turned down at the last moment on a medical detail . |
| 5 | The flight from Bahrain , with 263 people on board , veered away at the last moment , skimmed just 80ft above rush-hour traffic and narrowly missed another hotel before the landing was aborted . |
| 6 | Land-agents and estate agents passing through at the brief moment of negotiation are likely to be more exclusively dominated by the money motive . |
| 7 | They come close to enjoining all scientists to refuse to engage in military research but then back off at the last moment . |
| 8 | Every sentence begins ‘ The whole point is this , ’ proceeds doggedly towards the target , then veers off at the last moment and explodes harmlessly in the undergrowth . |
| 9 | Lorton wondered if he 'd chickened out at the last moment . |
| 10 | the other the black moment you know th the bit where I I put in the bit where the he broke his leg and the mortgage was gon na be foreclosed on him I mean that builds up to the black moment which is a necessary part of the story and then he got out of it erm because the house relented and showed him where the copper kettle was that was worth the money . |
| 11 | We never normally talked in the morning : he got up at the last moment and rushed out without a word . |
| 12 | She cried aloud in joyous elation , her body still on fire , holding on to the magical moment as long as she could . |
| 13 | The jolt rattled his ribs and he breathed in at the same moment as his head crashed through the surface , like a seal in the surf . |
| 14 | A minor but telling incident : a big army exercise scheduled for last week in which French soldiers were , for the first time , to do mock battle alongside British troops in West Germany was called off at the last moment because of East Germany 's election . |
| 15 | The plan was called off at the last moment . |
| 16 | His trousers bunch round his ankles again , then catch round his boots and disappear over the edge of the chimney , kicking up at the last moment and hitting the grating ; the branch slips and the grating slams down . |
| 17 | It would n't improve my chances of pleasing the God-King if more ceptors phased out at the wrong moment so that the ship set down on top of something valuable — like the royal palace , the Divine Sanctum . |
| 18 | ‘ This is something I should have done days ago ; something I 've wanted to do almost from the first moment we met , yet I 've fought against it every step of the way , just as you have . |
| 19 | The psalm refers back to the dreadful moment when the children of Israel , set free from Egypt , quarrelled with Moses about the lack of water , saying : ‘ Is the Lord among us or not ? ’ |
| 20 | They could perhaps find a replacement make-up artist , though that would prove difficult at such short notice , but someone coming in at the last moment would find it hard to cope with the unusual styles , and the actors would be having problems enough dealing with first-night nerves without having to face any added strain . |
| 21 | In the event Lin and Chiang pulled out at the last moment , prompting speculation that Lee had made a deal with the conservatives over the reform programme or over Cabinet posts . |
| 22 | Distorted , the vanquished falls as the victor is pulled aloft at the last moment . |
| 23 | These points , figures , and analogies must be fixed in the memory so that they can be brought out at the appropriate moment . |
| 24 | And if something else really was slipped aboard at the last moment , he thought , who knows but we may recover that , too ! |
| 25 | He says Berliners are now counting down to the historic moment . |
| 26 | They were all sitting there staring at me and Monsieur de Levantiére said , ‘ This is Constance , who has kindly stepped in at the last moment . ’ |
| 27 | He was never remotely stumped when an item went down at the last moment and the presenter was left with a minute to fill . |
| 28 | But it all fell through at the last moment . |
| 29 | Maybe he 'll go to Novell and gracefully steal away at the opportune moment . |
| 30 | Companies often recruit staff from speculative letters they have kept on file , and your letter may arrive just at the right moment . |