Example sentences of "[pers pn] [art] moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is funny , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , how reluctant I was to say anything like that here in the first few days , how instinctively I felt it might endanger the entire project , how everything might collapse around me the moment I said that . |
| 2 | ‘ Why she seemed to dislike me the moment she set eyes on me . |
| 3 | Comfortable within my landlord 's neat demesne , I am cushioned against the uglification of the landscape which offends and distresses me the moment I cross the boundaries . |
| 4 | As far as I am concerned , she was dead to me the moment she walked out the door . ’ |
| 5 | For me the moment came in July 1983 . |
| 6 | And that means he 's sure to have people at the airport ready to intercept me the moment I arrive there . ’ |
| 7 | You 'll see me the moment you 're released , I promise . |
| 8 | You 'll see me the moment you 're released . |
| 9 | You 'll see me the moment you 're released . |
| 10 | It died for me the moment I found Mason in her bed . ’ |
| 11 | A cold breeze was blowing in off the sea which blasted them the moment they stepped on to the pavement . |
| 12 | Answering , she matched my silly spite with careful , sensible remarks ; politics , she said , was the art of the possible and a good man , once in power , might find himself forced to do some things not quite in accord with his principles , but this did not mean he had forgotten them , nor that he would not act upon them the moment he practically could . |
| 13 | Hit them the moment you arrive was a favourite tactic of Newman 's . |
| 14 | Whitlock telephoned them the moment he returned to the hotel but when Sabrina contacted Lausanne station she was told the only afternoon train had already departed . |
| 15 | He fired these questions at them the moment they walked in the kitchen . |
| 16 | They were still prisoners of the attraction which , under the guise of antipathy , had arced between them the moment Nathan had entered the Customs office . |
| 17 | The following three hours passed with surprising speed , but I had already learnt a valuable lesson : it is very tiring and hard being in general surgery ; every patient expects that the doctor knows all about them the moment they walk in the door , and we had to be empathetic , not sympathetic . |
| 18 | You could have hit them the moment they left the house . ’ |
| 19 | These too had become smudged with dirt , and the velvet cuffs of her coat , and everything in the compartment was flecked with specks of greasy black which came off on to you the moment you touched them . |
| 20 | I shall write to you the moment I arrive . |
| 21 | ‘ I would have recognized you the moment I saw you , ’ Graham said . |
| 22 | The design hits you the moment you see it . |
| 23 | I promise you I have every intention of releasing you the moment the eighteen months are up . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I began to yearn for you the moment you left , ’ he told her in return . |
| 25 | Do you think I was n't aware of you every moment of that interminable dinner ? |
| 26 | Now neither Ben there , nor me , can watch you every moment of the day . |
| 27 | I want you every moment of the day and night and every time I try to fold up a map . |
| 28 | She told me , just as did you a moment ago , about being put to bed and the sprinkling of holy water — but I could still not see what all the fuss was about ! |
| 29 | So we could n't think of any reason to keep Scope 's stunning new snap of Courteney Cox from you a moment longer . |
| 30 | A trivial slight , a threat to self-esteem , which might cause you a moment 's irritation , here can give rise to resentments which may fester for centuries . ’ |