Example sentences of "[art] moment i " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Even if I were able to discover the whereabouts of these establishments — and that is by no means a foregone conclusion — the moment I produced my warrant-card , everyone would close up like a clam . ’ |
| 32 | What I did not realise then — but what I would discover the moment I embarked on my journey to those front doors — was that I had touched upon the essence of the Arab–Israeli war ; that while the existence of the Palestinians and their demand for a nation lay at the heart of the Middle East crisis , it was the contradiction inherent in the claims to ownership of the land of Palestine — the ‘ homeland ’ of the Jews in Balfour 's declaration — which generated the anger and fear of both Palestinians and Israelis . |
| 33 | I set off from Beirut for Jerusalem in the late autumn of 1980 ; and the moment I entered Rafi Horowitz 's office in Jerusalem , I realised that I had set myself no easy assignment . |
| 34 | That ‘ I knew the moment I saw him ’ ? ( people do say that about their men , more often than you 'd think ) . |
| 35 | ‘ The moment I get back I 'm in the kitchen . |
| 36 | But the moment I started singing again , I caught another trout . |
| 37 | I shall write to you the moment I arrive . |
| 38 | For the moment I cling to the idea that there are a relatively small number of cell-to-cell signals . |
| 39 | At the moment I had more fundamental problems . |
| 40 | I shall address the issue of serious ( or extreme ) defiance later on ; for the moment I wish to consider the day-to-day disobedience with which all parents are familiar . |
| 41 | From the moment I could understand the human voice 1 — and I expect most of my generation — was told to be ‘ seen and not heard ’ … ‘ consider others before yourself ’ … ‘ never complain' and if you were a boy child , then you were exhorted to be a man , to show no emotion , and not to be a sissy . |
| 42 | Since it was essential that the moment I awoke each morning , the first words , sentences , if possible , paragraphs came readily to mind , last thing at night , instead of my prayers , my mind was instructed to grind on with the pages . |
| 43 | The moment I saw the church , although there were considerable differences — the main and obvious one being it was not on a hill — I accepted it as my church . |
| 44 | It seemed to have started the moment I got it home . |
| 45 | The moment I felt myself slipping back into that sad , old routine , I jerked myself back to the reality of the moment . |
| 46 | 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 . |
| 47 | I still add to subjects that are particularly in my line — playground games like marbles , tops and balls — as at the moment I am working on a book about children 's play . |
| 48 | Whatever it was , the moment I saw the Parsons I knew them for British as surely as though they 'd had the word stamped on their hides like bacon . |
| 49 | The moment I got back I realized that things had changed . |
| 50 | Since Karen Parsons was denied me , I resorted to polishing up my French with Thérèse Racquin , but the moment I settled down to read Lynn would flop down near me and solicit my views on waste recycling or food additives . |
| 51 | Indeed , the police treated us both with the greatest sympathy and consideration from the moment I rang them from a callbox on the Abingdon Road . |
| 52 | At the moment I find that I can just afford my fortnightly twenty-minute flights , but in eighteen months time , when I reach the age of seventy , I wonder if I shall be able to afford £130 per year for the ‘ privilege ’ of flying ? |
| 53 | ‘ From the moment I set eyes on you I have n't been able to think of anything else . |
| 54 | For the moment I would let things settle ; the algal bloom will pass , but the nitrate problem may be more difficult to solve . |
| 55 | I must confess to falling for this combo the moment I saw its name ; anyone with a sense of humour like that is okay in my book ! |
| 56 | At the moment I have to knit the clothes by hand as I can not find a machine knitting pattern for a 12″ doll ( it is not a teenage doll ) anywhere . |
| 57 | Instinct told me it was going to be one of those days the moment I removed the little grey shrivelled chicken from the oven . |
| 58 | For the moment I would suggest that report remain extremely confidential . |
| 59 | At the moment I 'm Happy , he 's Grumpy , he 's Happy , so 's he , those two are Grumpy , and he 's Happy ’ |
| 60 | We shall be considering The Prelude as a poem at the appropriate point in the Critical Survey ; for the moment I propose to refer to it simply as evidence of Wordsworth 's internal struggles and preoccupations , as if it were a diary or a letter to a friend which just happens to be in verse . |