Example sentences of "[noun] at the same moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her God had made the dark at the same moment as the light . |
| 2 | Before flying to the conclusion that certain things are ‘ against the rules ’ ( heaven save us , procedures are already erected into RULES ! ) let the neophyte consider that a man can not be in New York and Pekin at the same moment . |
| 3 | They both heard the planes at the same moment ; a distant low throbbing . |
| 4 | Though it may well be , he wrote , that one actually achieves more working with the wrong plans and in the wrong spirit , with the wrong tools and the wrong principles , on the wrong surface and with the wrong conception , it may well be , he wrote ( and Goldberg typed ) , that one achieves more than working with the right plans and in the right spirit , with the right tools and the right principles , on the right surface and with the right conception , though right and wrong and more and less are relative concepts and what seems right at one moment to one person may seem wrong at the same moment to another Person or at another moment to the same person , and what seems more to one person at one moment may seem less to another person at the same moment or at another moment to the same person , right , wrong , more , less , relative concepts , scribbled Goldberg , in the margin , panting slightly as he bent over his old Olivetti Portable , there is only the beginning , wrote Harsnet , or rather , there is only having begun , beginning , scribbled Goldberg , aware now of the black stains on his hands left by the felt-tip pen , having begun , there is only the feeling in the pit of the stomach or the feeling in the chest , wrote Harsnet , the feeling of sickness or the feeling of elation , those are not relative , he wrote , those are absolute . |
| 5 | We reach the station at the same moment as an elegant train loaded with ladies preening themselves in their furs and hats , the men all wearing dark suits . |
| 6 | It is much better if the player knows subconsciously all the time where the clubhead is and makes sure that it gets to the ball at the same moment as the hands — a similar position as when at address . |
| 7 | We saw each other at the same moment , she on her side of the gate , me on mine . |
| 8 | He nodded and there followed an awkward silence where Julie and Nina must have become aware of the tension , for they glanced at each other at the same moment as a patient arrived in the centre . |
| 9 | They saw each other at the same moment . |
| 10 | She leaned forward , her hair falling across her face , and as he lifted his head she brought her lips down on his , parting them with her tongue at the same moment as she felt his hands unzipping her jeans . |
| 11 | Isabel paused , the refrain she had been absently singing fading away as the soldier stepped into the pleasance at the same moment . |
| 12 | ‘ Look here ! ’ exclaimed Peter at the same moment . |
| 13 | And Harriet Shakespeare , stumbling over the rough ground towards them , raised her voice at the same moment and yelled , ‘ Tug darling , it 's all right . |
| 14 | Then she opened both hands at the same moment . |
| 15 | Fran tried the cupboard , but found only dishes , and smiled as she immediately tried the next one along , reaching for the handle at the same moment as Luke came across to help her . |
| 16 | It would seem amazingly out of step for east European countries to be finding their national indentities after 40 years of being forced into artificial political groupings while the rest of Europe was seeking to impose federalism and political union on its member states at the same moment when they are starting down the road to a single European market — perhaps the acid test of how much one of us wants the Common Market to succeed . |
| 17 | But if , by sheer coincidence , all the molecules just happened to move in the same direction at the same moment , the hand would move . |
| 18 | If they then all reversed direction at the same moment the hand would move back . |
| 19 | Sure enough , they dropped their sticks at the same moment and ran across to the downriver side of the bridge to watch for the winner . |
| 20 | The man opposite her threw down his Reveille at the same moment , and their eyes met . |
| 21 | He addressed Zukov , touching the Master-at-Arms at the same moment . |
| 22 | Of her shoot-out paintings she writes : ‘ It was not only exciting and sexy , but tragic as though one were witnessing a birth and a death at the same moment . |