Example sentences of "a rare moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I feel like a whipped dog , ’ he said , in a rare moment of candour about his condition . |
| 2 | One famous photograph from the past captures a rare moment of fear when the impetuous Bremner playing an early game for Leeds United is threatened by an even tougher adversary , the Spurs and Scotland halfback Dave ‘ Tiger ’ McKay . |
| 3 | Tonight , in a rare moment of good judgement , he had hired a big band whose music would not drive his older guests out into the night . |
| 4 | In a rare moment of fatherly frankness , he had once told Jack of his dreams of floating the company on the stock market , of the Reg Butler ( Entertainments ) Corporation being a name in the City , of maybe even being Lord Reg one day . |
| 5 | YOU FAT BASTAD ! ’ as a stage diver is thrown back on to the stage and Carl , who has removed his glasses in a rare moment of vanity , gets out of the way by blundering blindly into the snare drum . |
| 6 | Gascoigne 's header just four minutes from time — his first league goal since he joined Lazio this season — was a rare moment of inspiration in an otherwise dull display , they said . |
| 7 | But this was a rare moment of unity in the expression of oppositional definitions of the ‘ national interest ’ . |
| 8 | Maybe never , Kirov dared to reflect , in a rare moment of optimism . |
| 9 | It was a rare moment of happiness in the place of sorrow awaiting thousands more Bosnians who were trudging towards Trnopolje . |
| 10 | A rare moment of genuine excitement surrounded an untitled painting by Mimmo Paladino ( lot 349 , est. £18,000–24,000 ) which engaged the attention of no less than eight bidders before it was sold for £47,000 . |
| 11 | Between 1820 and 1870 there occurred a rare moment of historical calm , Nizan argues , during which French economic , social and political structures stabilised . |
| 12 | In conversation this is a rare moment of levity , as he describes himself as ‘ a bit of a miserable bastard ’ . |
| 13 | A rare moment of relaxation for Lester and Mary-Claude Coleman in the Bakamo-Galaxen refugee camp after they sought political asylum in Sweden in 1991 . |
| 14 | That was a rare moment of honesty and brevity from the Leader of the Opposition . |
| 15 | Back once more in the capital after an uneventful overland journey , Gould took a rare moment to sit down and recount his adventures to the expectant household in Broad Street . |
| 16 | In a rare moment of self-disclosure , he had talked about wanting to go up to God and ask ‘ why ? ’ |