Example sentences of "moment [conj] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | As to the outward forms of religion , Lewis decided from the moment that he became a Christian that he should attend his college chapel on weekday mornings and his parish church on Sundays . |
| 2 | At the moment of Boy 's arrival , at the very moment that he was standing there framed in our doorway , hesitating ( which makes such a good entrance , though Boy was n't doing it deliberately ) , at that same time on that same first evening there was a terrible attack on one of the men from The Bar . |
| 3 | He did n't believe it up to the moment that he found himself outside a half-house that had once been graced by a classical loggia . |
| 4 | At the exact moment that he hit the grass the strain came on the rope . |
| 5 | It was at that moment that he ventured to propose to her . |
| 6 | He imagined for a moment that he was still in short pants , until she turned to him and added , ‘ What I mean is , I would have still recognised you , ’ and as if to soften her first statement she added further , ‘ Of course , you 've grown much taller . |
| 7 | Strangely , he knew at this moment that he 'd miss this house as much as his mother would . |
| 8 | The three others rose to leave and it was only at the very last moment that he added , almost casually : ‘ What message were you supposed to phone to the American Consulate ? ’ |
| 9 | But he thought then that there was someone behind him , he thought for a moment that he heard footsteps . |
| 10 | There seems every reason to believe those 1917 recollections in which Chaplin spoke of how from the moment that he had first seen the light of Brixton he was aware that ‘ unkind fate must have struck his knife unto me ’ and of how he had been ‘ through more hardships and downright poverty than one per cent of the world 's worst Jonahs can tell of ’ . |
| 11 | The Magistrate 's eye moved from one doctor to the other over the passive rows of tattered skeletons and he forgot for a moment that he was as thin and ragged as they were . |
| 12 | Nor do I think that Mr. O'Brien thought for a moment that he was acting as the bank 's agent . |
| 13 | Then , pretending for a moment that he was back there , he would turn round and face the back of his cage , open his wings , and glide down the few feet to where his food lay on the ground , pretending that it was prey and that the few feet was hundreds of feet , and that he could feel strong winds on his wings and was an adult eagle , and free , free to fly where he liked . |
| 14 | He has been convicted of crime , and we shall assume for the moment that he has not behaved himself within the meaning of these words . |
| 15 | The contrast between the political and social reality of his father 's existence and the political and social reality of his own existence was dramatically brought into focus from the moment that he entered the Ecole Normale Superieure . |
| 16 | At the very moment that he resigned , he remarked bitterly : " The events in Poland are an unacceptable implementation of realpolitik . " |
| 17 | ‘ Be reasonable , ’ Johnny whispered , and she thought for a moment that he was going to hit her . |
| 18 | As he followed the path that led towards it between bare-branched shrubs and sturdy evergreens , he fancied for a moment that he would come upon Morpurgo and find him a replica of himself , some doppelgänger of Dysart 's devising planted here in England whilst he had been banished to Rhodes . |
| 19 | His lips hesitated , and she thought for a moment that he was going to draw her away , but he gave a low groan and his mouth moved against hers again . |
| 20 | She thought for a moment that he was going to hit her and she leaned hastily back . |
| 21 | He had adopted his slighting manner , he knew , to protect himself from the attraction which she had possessed for him from the first moment that he had seen her . |
| 22 | She lived in a dream of love from the moment that he had bowed over her hand when she had been introduced to him by Daisy Warwick at Warwick Castle , and murmured , ‘ Not an American Princess , surely , but a true one , ’ and later that evening , dancing with her for the third time , he had said into her ear , ‘ And can a princess stoop to a mere marquess ? ’ |
| 23 | Referring to the customer , he said : ‘ He was committed at the very moment that he put his money into the machine . |
| 24 | I thought for a moment that he was going to beat me . |
| 25 | No one believed for a moment that he would , but it was backed unanimously . |
| 26 | She had thought for a moment that he was going to have a heart attack from shock , but , recovering himself , he had said , ‘ Well , now you know , what are you going to do about it ? ’ to which she had answered simply , ‘ Divorce , ’ and walked out . |
| 27 | Owen thought for a moment that he was taking exception to the casual obscenity , but it was not that . |
| 28 | ‘ You 're so efficient , ’ she replied , wishing for a moment that he could be on her side . |
| 29 | Mind you , common sense had n't stood much of a chance from the very moment that he had appeared and kissed her . |
| 30 | As she stared , mesmerised , up at his wide , sensual mouth , it seemed for one wild , completely mad moment that he was intending to kiss her … |