Example sentences of "[num] moment i " in BNC.
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| 1 | One moment I was revelling in the astonishment of being alive , and the next — I was lying flat on my face , with what felt like a very large hole in the right side of my skull … |
| 2 | At one moment I was a novice working in the laundry , at another I was a university student , at another a young teacher , at another a friend , at another an enemy . |
| 3 | Kelly laughed again , but for one moment I was afraid she 'd do something awful like ask if Lucy was pretty , or something . |
| 4 | Cooper was not in court to hear the judgement , but the effect on McMahon was explosive : ‘ One moment I was sitting bent over in the dock in utter despair , the next I was on my feet with arms outstretched , screaming at the judges . |
| 5 | At one moment I see it as a drawing of a duck , at the next as that of a rabbit . |
| 6 | I felt torn between the two — one moment I 'd be scolding them , and the next I 'd be scolding her . |
| 7 | I 'm going to bring in some illuminated medieval books for you to have a look at , because what you 're going to do is to write this out in best on special paper using illuminated letters and if you 're very good we will try to get them laminated so that we can keep them as an example of what year seven students can produce as their best work , to say to everybody , hey look at this , this is very good , now we ca n't do that if I give you a sheet of A four paper and you manage to fill less than a quarter of that space , so you 're going to need a minimum of ten different things that you would like to say you think are important , you believe are important , you believe they 're valuable and your homework over the next week is to finish that list if you want it to rhyme , well yes you can work on it to make it rhyme , if you want to have what we call rhyming couplet , er just one moment I have n't said clear away . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | One moment I was poor , the next moment I was wealthy . |
| 10 | As Harry led her towards the dance floor , she said , ‘ For one moment I thought you were going to knock poor Jerry sideways . ’ |
| 11 | And for a moment despair was overwhelmed by something more lively : by a sensation of such disgust that for just that one moment I was almost galvanized into rebellion . |
| 12 | ‘ For one moment I thought I had discovered a hidden adventurous streak , Caroline . |
| 13 | One moment I was a famous and popular doctor , the next I was a violent criminal who was wanted for murder . |
| 14 | I do n't imagine they would for one moment I doubt it no . |
| 15 | ‘ If you think for one moment I 'm going to wear another woman 's ring while you make love to me you 've got another think coming … ’ she choked . |