Example sentences of "at [det] moment i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At that moment I understood that the Army out there , with its tanks aiding those madmen or , OK , even those pitiful people defending their immediate right to life is not defending anything that can be described as a social or national cause . |
| 2 | I have said I understand little ; at that moment I understood nothing , and that terrible lack ran through me like an electric shock . |
| 3 | I would like to have been watching the expression on his face , having put the question to him so bluntly , but just at that moment I had to slam on my brakes for two gaudily painted trucks , one of them with La Resurrección elaborately painted in red . |
| 4 | At that moment I spotted Jonesy , the son of a neighbour , throw a stone which caught the animal on the rump and caused it to rear up . |
| 5 | Something made me snatch the woolly choirboy from its metal gallows ( even at that moment I noticed its surprising weight ) . |
| 6 | At that moment I realised for the first time that not a single word had been uttered on the subject since the accident happened . |
| 7 | At that moment I heard the grinding of wheels of the sea and the waves sounded like sieves sorting the stones . |
| 8 | At that moment I heard the sound of running feet inside the new castle — and the welcome voice of my old friend , Captain Sapt ! |
| 9 | At that moment I heard a small scratching sound . |
| 10 | At that moment I heard a commotion outside . |
| 11 | At that moment I heard the young people returning from their walk . |
| 12 | Just at that moment I heard the kitchen door open , and seconds later my father appeared at the bottom of the stairs and , taking hold of the great wooden ball sculpted on to the top of the last banister , stood glaring up at me . |
| 13 | The immigrant ship to South Africa , and all that followed , was still in the womb of time ; but at that moment I resolved that though I would grieve for Leslie for the rest of my life , I would yet to go forward , lighting my way by the torch of the incandescent spirit . |
| 14 | And at that moment I told him to take my week 's notice . |
| 15 | For at that moment I thought I saw that all my previous beliefs in progress were built on shifting sand . |
| 16 | At that moment I began to feel that she was mine , that I did n't want to lose her . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ At that moment I meant every word , ’ she admitted candidly . |
| 19 | At that moment I glimpsed myself in a shop window and was pleased with what I saw . |
| 20 | At that moment I decided that I was not going to answer questions about her origins or discuss Shanti in any way in front of her . |
| 21 | At that moment I did have some kind of advantage over him , because I knew a little more about some things than he did . |
| 22 | At that moment I think he felt it was Greg 's day . |
| 23 | Right at this moment I 've awakened needs you thought you 'd buried , but in the cold light of morning you 'll blame me for taking advantage . ’ |
| 24 | Just at this moment I love Laverne . |
| 25 | At any moment I expected to see one drop with a cardiac arrest , but the sultan told us not to underestimate their power . |
| 26 | At any moment I expected one of the masters , placed at strategic intervals to stop a guy taking short cuts or lighting up a Havana cigar , to leap out from a place of concealment , brandishing The Times and bellowing , ‘ Come on , Britton ! |