Example sentences of "a moment [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a moment even the voice I am drafting them in changes . |
| 2 | A moment later the slithery figure of the Town Clerk emerged from the Hall . |
| 3 | A moment later the main section sheared at the mastfoot . |
| 4 | A moment later the wind lifted her away . |
| 5 | Then , a moment later the hope died as tall young man dressed in an aged reefer coat and brown leather cap appeared in the doorway . |
| 6 | A moment later the shadowy figure came into the hallway , hesitated for a second , then moved across to the stairs . |
| 7 | As Cowley walked towards the slightly hunched figure of Bodie , he was able to see Doyle 's peaceful face , eyes closed , white as a sheet ; a moment later the trolley was behind the closing doors of the lift , and Doyle 's life was now in the hands of others , men skilled in surgery , and in the ways of keeping the tenuous thread of life attached to a dying body . |
| 8 | But a moment later the little fellow bobbed up . |
| 9 | He dived under the fence and a moment later the ducks began waddling through the tunnel and into the garden . |
| 10 | A moment later the frenzied cadet pitched forward and skidded prostrate for many metres , his strengthened fingernails scratching sparks from the plates of the deck before he came to rest . |
| 11 | A moment later the head blasted free . |
| 12 | A moment later the big brown car pulled away from the kerb . |
| 13 | It is impossible to describe an organization in behaviour terms ( i.e. processes ) other than momentarily because the processes are always changing ; but when we speak of the processes we freeze that dynamic interaction for a single moment , take a picture , and know that a moment later the picture will be different . |
| 14 | A moment later the front door slammed shut . |
| 15 | A moment later the men who watched it explode from the verandah felt their ragged clothes begin to flap and flutter in the blast . |
| 16 | A moment later the hatch shot open and men in boots came down into the hold , their voices loud in the confined space . |
| 17 | A moment later the French boy returned carrying a Mauser .350 slung carelessly over his shoulder . |
| 18 | But the swirling breeze was at the hunters ' backs , and the big bull suddenly lifted his muzzle to scent in their direction , and a moment later the whole herd was running towards the shelter of the trees . |
| 19 | A moment later the sounds of the storm were magnified suddenly in the hut as the door at one end flew open . |
| 20 | A moment later the door opened and five men in uniforms trooped in . |
| 21 | A moment later the beautiful young man from Gasset and Lode came out , looking peeved . |
| 22 | A moment later the two of them had disappeared into the house , leaving me standing there in the sunshine , feeling suddenly weak at the knees . |
| 23 | The whole mass dropped into the pit and a moment later the big slab was snatched up by several dozen tentacles and slammed into place , leaving a number of thrashing limbs trapped around the edge . |
| 24 | A moment later the wizard was standing over him , shouting , ‘ Tell it that if it singes me I 'll let the sword go ! |
| 25 | A moment later the door opened . |
| 26 | A moment later the door opened and Rivera came in . |
| 27 | A moment later the door creaked open and he appeared , or a fair facsimile , a very old man with grey hair down to his shoulders , a black dresscoat of velvet that had seen better days , a pair of very baggy corduroy trousers beneath of the type worn by peasants on the farm . |
| 28 | Mid afternoon gives us a moment when the heart of light in a leaf trembles russet rainbows . |
| 29 | And yet this is happening at a moment when the leaders in question stand exceptionally low in public esteem . |
| 30 | the first flow of nourishment in and from the mother 's body , evoking a moment when the emerging sexual drive is still closely linked to — propped on — the life-and-death urgency of the feeding instinct . |