Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] the [adj] moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | His only choice at present was to wait for the right moment to play his hand . |
| 2 | ‘ I had to wait for the right moment to tell Nicola . |
| 3 | To wait for the appropriate moment . |
| 4 | She understood then that if she had had leisure to listen at the right moment , she might have heard the faint , suggestive sounds of a third presence . |
| 5 | It 's in their interests to put off the evil moment for as long as they can . |
| 6 | I was trying to put off the evil moment . |
| 7 | Now and again , of course , you have to deal with the awkward moments , like someone reading aloud from a Sunday paper the ‘ sordid story of perverted vice ’ which has obviously been concocted over a few jars by a hack hounded by deadline . |
| 8 | It is just because whatever one has planned to do is bound to be altered in the process that it is important to start at the right moment , he wrote . |
| 9 | The Collector had gone up to join Ford on the roof because he wanted to be in a position from which he could give the order to retreat at the right moment ; in his own mind there was no doubt but that he would have to give it sooner or later . |
| 10 | Albert writes : ‘ The inescapable conclusion is that the two models of capitalism diverge on the fundamental question of whether to live for the present moment — and to hell with the consequences for future generations — or to plan for a better tomorrow , though it may require sacrifices today . |
| 11 | be unable to live in the present moment |
| 12 | Whether Skelton needs to expand at the present moment is not for me to say . |
| 13 | Secondly , and most serious , are allegations of ‘ Clever Hans ’ errors ; named after the German horse early in the century that gave correct answers to arithmetical problems shown it on a blackboard ( by tapping with its hoof ) until it was unmasked as reacting to unwitting symptoms of tension in its trainer which caused it to stop at the right moment . |
| 14 | It was just that I happened to ask at the right moment . |