Example sentences of "it [adv] [prep] [art] moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah I have got it on at the moment . |
| 2 | Is it on at the moment ? |
| 3 | He waved out the match , gazed at it thoughtfully for a moment , dropped it into the ashtray and then looked at Herr Nordern . |
| 4 | He placed the receiver down , stared at it thoughtfully for a moment , then turned back into the room , intending to join the Hatches in the garden . |
| 5 | I know what you girls are like , you say you 'll just have it short to see what it looks like , and then you say Pedro at the salon wo n't let you grow it just for the moment , and then you say you 've got to look your best for some wedding or other and you ca n't go with it straggly and then you end up not growing it again and if I do n't mention it every week you think I 've learned to like it and if I do mention it every week you think I 'm nagging so I do n't mention it and I 'm stuck with it . |
| 6 | He reached for the Caithness paperweight on his desk and fiddled with it absently for a moment . |
| 7 | I mean , they 're , they 're , actually , they 're creaming it off at the moment . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've given it up for the moment , ’ he said . |
| 9 | He did n't believe it up to the moment that he found himself outside a half-house that had once been graced by a classical loggia . |
| 10 | Robinson regarded it cautiously for a moment , then shook it , feeling the power in the other man 's grip . |
| 11 | I do n't want anything to do with it really at the moment . |
| 12 | You made it plain from the moment you met me that you were available , but you miscalculated if you imagined I 'd fallen for your little scheme . ’ |
| 13 | And that 's the way we are approaching it here at the moment . |
| 14 | It 's sticky so I 'll er , I 'll leave it here at the moment . |
| 15 | ‘ That may appeal to you , but there 's no way I would consider it even for a moment . ’ |
| 16 | We noticed that they touched each other all evening , shoulder to shoulder , knee to knee , nothing obvious , although I did see O raise Boy 's hand to his lips once , and later I saw Boy rest his head on O 's knees , just lay it there for a moment like a dog . |
| 17 | He put an arm around her shoulders and kept it there for a moment . |
| 18 | " Oh , darling , perhaps not just now , " Maman parted a sticky strand of Nicandra 's green-blonde hair and looked at it sadly for a moment . |
| 19 | Well I doubt it actually at the moment . |
| 20 | Ouch , I thought , that really hurt , and I clenched it tight for a moment to stop the pain , before looking to see the damage . |