Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adv] at [adj] moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be an ark , but one on which anthropophagy is rife ; an ark skippered by some crazy greybeard who beats you round the head with his gopher-wood stave , and might pitch you overboard at any moment . |
| 2 | Looking at his glistening face , his cheeks and forehead like apple-skins , Cameron wondered what fired him most at this moment — self-satisfaction ? or a true pleasure in poetic language ? |
| 3 | I 'm expecting him back at any moment . |
| 4 | You see , my father generally deals with these ; I 'm expecting him back at any moment . |
| 5 | We can work with the class to create a story in which they all have a stake , slowing it down at particular moments , thereby creating strong dramatic tension , deepening understanding and also enabling us to value publicly the contribution of particular children . |
| 6 | She might feel compelled to attack him physically at any moment and he was alarming enough to convince her that he would lift her in the air , shake her like a rag doll and toss her over a crag . |