Example sentences of "[verb] a [noun] at the moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well we could try and do that my I 've got a workload that would choke a camel at the moment because I 'm also the admin officer at the moment for the Public Relations flight of the R A F E R. |
| 2 | The vocals are starting to get a bit more character , developing that limp twang that seems to create a fuss at the moment . |
| 3 | ‘ I look a sight at the moment , what with my eyes . ’ |
| 4 | The problem at the moment is , we 've been on Word Processor up to now , but the designer is designing a programme at the moment , so I do n't have a programme to show you because it 's with the designer , erm all we 've got is the diary , that we 're kind of like again on the word processor , that we 're producing tonight . |
| 5 | But erm I 'm compiling a list at the moment on tutors and er I 'll be able to let you know the probably next week I should think . |
| 6 | He 's got a Metro at the moment they 're driving around in , she drives , she passed her test at sixty eight . |
| 7 | but we have n't got a Pat at the moment and its in and it 's his responsibility . |
| 8 | We 've got a problem at the moment , which is very nasty … where we are being faced with a barrage of patois . |
| 9 | ‘ We 've got a lady at the moment who was able to paint at one time , quite successfully . |
| 10 | Oh , you 've got a nanny at the moment , have you ? |
| 11 | You have n't got an oven at the moment . |
| 12 | No , I 'm not thinking of drawing a sketch at the moment , we 've done the sketch on the other page |
| 13 | You see you see I do n't mean to be erm rude or anything but as I 'm sure you understand you ca n't really you know , you know write a note without my doctor 's notes , because you see I , I think if I get a job at the moment I think it 'll just , it wo n't last |
| 14 | Right , now erm , the next item is the prisoner , but we actually do n't have a prisoner at the moment do we , because our , we have , we eat , every Amn each Amnesty Group has er usually nowadays one er given to look after and our most recent prisoner was er Sabri Lushe , is that the right one ? |
| 15 | I told him of the plight of all the refugees on the station , then he thought for a minute and said , ‘ Well , I 'm running a camp at the moment , and have over a thousand in it , but I 'm sure we can squash you all in somehow . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Mr Butcher 's having a session at the moment . ’ |
| 17 | MEANWHILE , if you 're not actually strangling a turkey at the moment then you might like to do the next worse thing and plunge into the unsavoury giblets of the 1990 calendar of the National Association of Conservative Graduates . |
| 18 | All of these patients are loath to consider an ileostomy at the moment but fully accept that pouch excision may eventually be necessary . |
| 19 | I 'm drinking a spritzer at the moment , I 'm having a Pimms next . |
| 20 | ‘ Poor old Colonel — he does love his cricket and of course he ca n't drive a car at the moment . |
| 21 | Er the market we 're looking at there the Pan-Pacific basin there especially showing a market at the moment . |
| 22 | The average Russian ca n't afford a Montego at the moment , but if the economy improves then some skilled workers and farmers may be able to afford them in a couple of years . |
| 23 | Right , the , I was , about to er come to that , erm the erm , there is no reason why a group should not have more than one prisoner erm , the practical situation is that , that groups are queuing up to , to get a prisoner at the moment in fact , erm , not always the situation but at presently there is a waiting list for who have groups to have a prisoner allocated to them , erm , if we so wish er , ah , if , if a group comes onto the list who has er , ah , and their prisoner is released and , and we , we er in that situation we , and any group without a prisoner at all goes to the head of the list and be allocated straight away , but we could request a second prisoner and that case would be put to the bottom of the list , so when the other groups who , who 've got no prison will take priority now , but we , we could request a second prisoner if we so wanted so you are talking about a motion at the A G M , but it 's not really necessary |
| 24 | You have n't manage to get an oven at the moment have we ? |
| 25 | I had a job with them — have a job at the moment … |
| 26 | Okay , so that 's offering support , if you need a hand at the moment ? |