Example sentences of "any moment [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At any moment they might come sweeping back into the cockpit , impaling Trent or Mariana . |
| 2 | They did n't stay up all night , but took turns working any moment they could spare , hampered by Midnight 's lapses into delirium when he twisted and thrashed , making the job impossible . |
| 3 | At the level he now was the breakers looked menacing , as though at any moment they might sweep in to engulf him . |
| 4 | At any moment I expected to see one drop with a cardiac arrest , but the sultan told us not to underestimate their power . |
| 5 | I feared that at any moment I might fall and break my neck . |
| 6 | I pressed my face right into the mud , I was urinating , certain that at any moment I should be killed . |
| 7 | 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 ! |
| 8 | If at any moment she began to feel tense or anxious , she was to stop and concentrate on making her body relax once more before returning to her visualization . |
| 9 | Madame swept in while Ellie hesitated , afraid that any moment she might wake up from a dream . |
| 10 | There were moments during the Mass when the litanies and prayers , the censers swinging to and fro and the smell of incense made her feel lightheaded , and she was able to believe that she was not really present , not really being married at all , and that at any moment she might open her eyes and awake , to find herself back in Corcaguiney , with the wind ruffling the water across Dingle Harbour and the cloud shadows sailing over the mountain . |
| 11 | At any moment she expected to hear his voice behind her , calling her back . |
| 12 | At any moment she will turn round and check that her friend is not coming from the opposite direction . |
| 13 | They entered the house at lightning speed , with Robyn only too aware of the expensive hallway , the elegant furnishings , convinced that at any moment she would disgrace herself ; to vomit now , before she reached a bathroom , would be the final humiliation . |
| 14 | This is a film trailer , she thought , and at any moment he is going to turn around and reveal himself as the hero , the hunted spy or the detective . |
| 15 | To worry that your brother might make an unfortunate marriage when at any moment he might be killed was something she found difficult to understand . |
| 16 | At any moment he would slide a spike between her ribs . |
| 17 | What else could she do but go on , fearing that at any moment he would realize she 'd tricked him ? |
| 18 | At any moment he could let me fall , and we were at least three hundred metres above the ground . |
| 19 | At any moment he might trample into the road , lower his head , run at someone . |
| 20 | A nervous tremor affected his lower lip and he looked as though at any moment he might burst into tears . |
| 21 | A whispered ‘ Yes , ’ and he was back on the verandah , supporting himself on the rail , and bending over as though at any moment he might vomit . |
| 22 | He could not keep still and his eyes reddened as though at any moment he might burst into tears . |
| 23 | It may be comforting if you can acknowledge that in any moment you make the best choices you are able to in the situations in which you find yourself . |
| 24 | At any moment it can switch to full-speed running . |
| 25 | This creates a conflict for them because , although they want to be stroked and petted like any other domestic cat , they are deeply suspicious of the hand that does the petting , fearing that at any moment it may grab them and hold them down . |
| 26 | The sea roared like a pride of hungry lions , thudding against the side of the ship like a thousand battering-rams , so that it seemed that at any moment it must break through and drown them all . |
| 27 | Any moment it would buck , toss her , white broken heap , on to the gleaming floor . |