Example sentences of "[adj] moment i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For at that moment I thought I saw that all my previous beliefs in progress were built on shifting sand . |
| 2 | Something made me snatch the woolly choirboy from its metal gallows ( even at that moment I noticed its surprising weight ) . |
| 3 | I have said I understand little ; at that moment I understood nothing , and that terrible lack ran through me like an electric shock . |
| 4 | And at that moment I told him to take my week 's notice . |
| 5 | From that moment I knew I had been hit by something . ’ |
| 6 | At that moment I wished she had n't , because she 'd got that tiny baby , and it was such an effort trying not to look . ’ |
| 7 | At that moment I glimpsed myself in a shop window and was pleased with what I saw . |
| 8 | At that moment I think he felt it was Greg 's day . |
| 9 | For an awful moment I thought he was going to drive over the edge , but he stopped abruptly and we all got out . |
| 10 | I said I was coming , anyway and , do you know , for one fabulous moment I thought he 'd stay behind . |
| 11 | Let me come quite clean on that and tell you that you , at the very moment I hope you are being recorded . |
| 12 | For an absurd and alarming moment I thought he must mean the woman of the glove . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've wanted you , ’ he said , his voice rasping against her skin , ‘ since the first moment I saw you . |
| 14 | I 've loved you from the very first moment I saw you . |
| 15 | ‘ I think I 've loved you from the first moment I saw you , ’ she said , and drew in her breath sharply as he crushed her against him . |
| 16 | ‘ You allowed me to deflect your questions far too easily , ’ he answered , ‘ Is it any wonder that from almost the first moment I saw you … ’ he paused ‘ … |
| 17 | As Harry led her towards the dance floor , she said , ‘ For one moment I thought you were going to knock poor Jerry sideways . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ For one moment I thought I had discovered a hidden adventurous streak , Caroline . |
| 19 | I do n't imagine they would for one moment I doubt it no . |
| 20 | Just for one moment I hope they saw , David and the young man next to him , a radiant woman , generous , strong , sure of her place in the world . |
| 21 | At one moment I see it as a drawing of a duck , at the next as that of a rabbit . |
| 22 | for one terrifying moment I fancied what would happen to someone carried under the ice by the current . |
| 23 | I looked up and saw a big-ribbed canopy of light pink and white descending over me , and the next moment I felt myself drawn downward , feet first , and I realised that I was being swallowed by a whale . |
| 24 | This she did , however , rather rapidly and the next moment I found she had overtaken me and was standing before me , effectively barring my way . |
| 25 | For a wild moment I thought I 'd made a mistake , had put it elsewhere , but that was nonsense of course . |