Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [conj] at [art] " in BNC.

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1 Toby prided himself that at the moment none of these boys , or the two dozen others , was conspicuously unhappy .
2 She wished she had worn her new suit , but she consoled herself that at the moment he did n't care what she looked like .
3 It was struck not at the weak man who suffered it but at the strong God who was the man 's master .
4 Furthermore , many absences from services in the post-Reformation period were occasioned not by apathy or reluctance to forgo a morning 's work or relaxation , but rather by ill-health or family commitments ; when William Kirke of Stow-cum-Quy in Cambridgeshire , for example , was hauled before the church courts for absenteeism , he informed them that at the time his wife had been ‘ lying in childbed and also his children wanted succour ’ .
5 Roebuck positioned and braced himself and at the precise moment drove his shoulder into Shelford 's midriff , stopped him instantaneously , before driving him into the Onewa Domain turf .
6 She hit her and at the same time as she hit her she virtually came to a er , a stop because of the fact she wa she started to brake as soon as she saw the the children appear er , but ne never the less contact was made but thankfully for her and for the child the the contact was a a at no significant speed , the child was just knocked off her feet and she got up and waved to Mrs and said I 'm alright and she ran off and she was away before Mrs had time , even to undo her safety belt to get out of the car .
7 Below decks lurked something that at the moment defied the imagination .
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