Example sentences of "one moment the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One moment the tow is quite normal and the next , his aircraft is diving vertically into the ground . |
| 2 | Thus in one moment the veil which had been preventing me from seeing you as you are had been lifted . |
| 3 | One moment the cottage was intact , with five people safely inside . |
| 4 | Vive l'Impératrice ! ’ , until at one moment the Emperor stopped and addressed himself to those nearest saying courteously : ‘ If you want to please your Emperor , I would ask you to cry ‘ Vive la Reine ’ . ’ |
| 5 | For one moment the question appalled Sandison . |
| 6 | Looking up at the sky , at the myriad pinpricks of light , it seemed to him that he could feel the turning earth beneath his feet and that time had mysteriously come to a stop , fusing into one moment the past , the present and the future ; the ruined abbey , the obstinately enduring artefacts of the last war , the crumbling cliff defences , the windmill and the power station . |
| 7 | His leader did not believe for one moment the protestations of innocence . |
| 8 | One moment the Sergeant was screaming at his men to charge hard home , and the next he and his horse were hit by the metal gale of an exploding canister . |
| 9 | At one moment the boatswain Jack Allgood comes out of a berserk rage to realise that he , a warrant officer , has allowed his hatred of the captain to lead him into mutiny ; the points of physical detail enforce his emotional agony : |
| 10 | Leaving aside for one moment the arguments advanced earlier about the morality of insider dealing , the use of inside information to compensate managers and entrepreneurs is not without its practical difficulties . |
| 11 | We know that enclosures by parliamentary act and award dealt with about 4,500,000 acres of open field , leaving aside for one moment the enclosure of the commons and other ‘ wastes ’ . |
| 12 | One moment the runners are mere abstract blurs , the next they are men in visible quest of their own mysterious frontiers . |
| 13 | At any one moment the positioning of the folds of the vocal tract is determined not only by what has just been said but by what is about to be said ( Springer , 1979 ) . |
| 14 | At one moment the Banks of Knamber were bathed in pale light , at the next a gush of cloud had obscured the spotty yellow orb of the moon . |
| 15 | One moment the sky is clear — then , on the horizon , one small insignificant cloud . |
| 16 | One moment the forest was rich and lush , the next it had turned golden , then the leaves blew into the air , almost as if there had been an explosion . |
| 17 | Erm first of all Chairman I would confirm that it is our view that with a provision of six thousand five hundred for Harrogate district , we do n't think we 'd be looking at a new settlement to serve our needs , erm , having said that , we support the Greater York strategy , and we we certainly the level of provision erm for Greater York as proposed by the County Council , er but leaving aside for one moment the issue of a new settlement , it is our view that we 'll be able to accommodate the level of growth that I think is anticipated in our district , erm , within the figures , and I 'm referring specifically to N Y one , and the table on the last page where there 's an indication there of the sort of of er housing numbers that would would have to be accommodated within Harrogate district , and and our part of Greater York is essentially a rural character consisting of a a number of small villages , so there there we have er a total figure of two hundred dwellings to be provided within our part of Greater York , that basically represents erm existing commitments and a a yield from small sites in the future , perhaps conversions , and we'r we 're quite happy with that . |
| 18 | One moment the sun had been hanging above the desert , the next it had plunged out of sight , leaving only the copper and rose and saffron of the water to testify that it had been there . |
| 19 | One moment the sun was on her face , the next raindrops the size of golf balls were pelting down on her , drenching her as thoroughly as a bathroom shower . |