Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] at [det] [adj] moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | In order to achieve this position , your bowman must know where the line is and how far away from it you are at any given moment . |
| 2 | They were wondering where she was at that very moment . |
| 3 | Precious few people knew where she was at this present moment in time and , besides , Simone had visited only the night before . |
| 4 | It is very difficult to say with certainty what they were at any particular moment . |
| 5 | It was at that precise moment that James became aware of PC Charlton . |
| 6 | He continued up the hill , and she went on down ; but a few paces further on she stopped and looked back , and it was at that precise moment that it happened , because he had turned back as well and for a few moments they looked longingly at each other , each tongue-tied , but each sure , now , of the other 's feelings . |
| 7 | It was at that precise moment the killer pack picked up their trail back in the woods , having arrived hotfoot in answer to the summons of the ultrasonic whistle . |
| 8 | It was at this critical moment that good sense got the better of the others , Big Pat was calmed down and a semblance of order was restored . |
| 9 | The hunt for other reasons to explain the behaviour of a Ceauşescu misses the point : he was not ‘ really ’ a patriot or ‘ at heart ’ a reformer , though when he proclaimed that he was at any given moment one thing , he was that but at the same time was the opposite . |