Example sentences of "a moment [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just a moment just a moment Mr Allenby |
| 2 | For a moment even the voice I am drafting them in changes . |
| 3 | Next a light appeared , and a moment later a shape swept out of the night , big as a centaur , its blinding eye striking him along with something solid . |
| 4 | A moment later a flop on the mat announced the arrival of the post . |
| 5 | Charlie heard the words , ‘ Carry on , Sergeant-Major , ’ and a moment later a man who must have been six feet six inches in height , and whose beer-barrel chest was covered in medal ribbons , took a pace forward . |
| 6 | A moment later a foot appeared — a child 's foot — followed by a leg , a steadying hand . |
| 7 | A moment later the hatch shot open and men in boots came down into the hold , their voices loud in the confined space . |
| 8 | Then , a moment later the hope died as tall young man dressed in an aged reefer coat and brown leather cap appeared in the doorway . |
| 9 | A moment later the head blasted free . |
| 10 | As Cowley walked towards the slightly hunched figure of Bodie , he was able to see Doyle 's peaceful face , eyes closed , white as a sheet ; a moment later the trolley was behind the closing doors of the lift , and Doyle 's life was now in the hands of others , men skilled in surgery , and in the ways of keeping the tenuous thread of life attached to a dying body . |
| 11 | A moment later the door opened and five men in uniforms trooped in . |
| 12 | A moment later the door opened . |
| 13 | A moment later the door opened and Rivera came in . |
| 14 | A moment later the door creaked open and he appeared , or a fair facsimile , a very old man with grey hair down to his shoulders , a black dresscoat of velvet that had seen better days , a pair of very baggy corduroy trousers beneath of the type worn by peasants on the farm . |
| 15 | A moment later the wizard was standing over him , shouting , ‘ Tell it that if it singes me I 'll let the sword go ! |
| 16 | It is impossible to describe an organization in behaviour terms ( i.e. processes ) other than momentarily because the processes are always changing ; but when we speak of the processes we freeze that dynamic interaction for a single moment , take a picture , and know that a moment later the picture will be different . |
| 17 | A moment later the wind lifted her away . |
| 18 | If ever there was a moment when a girl needed her mother , that was it . |
| 19 | Even more important , however , were the generous terms offered by the Spanish government at a moment when the country was on the cusp of its post-Franco economic expansion . |
| 20 | That conference injected a force for change into the thinking of South Africa , at a moment when the country was ripe for it . |
| 21 | However much I might take refuge in the present in which it had not yet happened , there would be a moment when the present was the present in which it was happening . |
| 22 | Ronald Reagan 's election to the White House occurred at a moment when the credibility of the American presidency was at a particularly low ebb . |
| 23 | Mid afternoon gives us a moment when the heart of light in a leaf trembles russet rainbows . |
| 24 | There is n't a moment when the lad is n't twitching or jerking or going into spasm . |
| 25 | The Hiss case came to a climax at a moment when the confidence of Americans in the strength of their world position had been shaken by a series of events abroad . |
| 26 | As he was a very intellectual artist , he was the ideal figure to take over from Metzinger the task of transmitting the principles of Cubism to the other painters ; and since he joined the group at a moment when the movement was striving for greater definition , his influence and importance can not be overestimated . |
| 27 | Here is a moment when the danger to the dismasted Hurrying Angel becomes apparent to the exhausted crew as the light grows and they can view the sea they had been fighting in the dark : |
| 28 | There is a moment when an idea is born , the clash of a flint . |
| 29 | I will describe in a moment how the decoding is carried out , but first , a word about what kind of code it is . |