Example sentences of "[verb] at the [adj] moment [coord] " in BNC.

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1 There 's only one thing that struck me when I was reading through it but a as I say , we we got to look at this from point of view are we going to date this as it lies at the present moment and add to it pieces that we want , or do we start off by having the pieces o i its its now whe w w
2 The borough MPs were very different from their county colleagues , and only thirty-seven of the eighty-six from English boroughs even lived in the same towns ; many were carpet-bagging lawyers , induced to stand at the last moment and at the expense of Central Office .
3 If such a risk is accepted , sooner or later the cable will break at the wrong moment and an accident will occur .
4 It ran straight , veered at the last moment and dropped .
5 Remarkably , they were saved at the last moment and rebuilt , now forming a group of pleasant dwellings .
6 Far off , at St Ignatius Loyola College in County Galway , a similar commemoration had been timed to start at the same moment and also to end at ten minutes past nine .
7 We just hit at the right moment and from that week onwards , at least 90 people turned up every week .
8 Luckily , one of the participants had to withdraw at the last moment and taking her place on the team , I went off in search of sponsors .
9 The train whistle blew at the same moment and her scream was drowned in it .
10 In this way , should you be unable to attend at the last moment and he has to sit twiddling his thumbs in his consulting room because it is too late to give the appointment to anyone else , he is recompensed for the wasted time .
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