Example sentences of "a instant the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trash cans were big and had just been emptied , and in an instant the boys were off chasing the girls and yelling at the tops of their voices . |
| 2 | The nearest he had ever approached to any hint of levity was when he had stopped frowning for an instant the day that news had reached him of the death of Prince Charles Edward Stuart in Rome . |
| 3 | In an instant the cripple lurched up and with a powerful twist of his crutch sent the end of the log into the water . |
| 4 | For an instant the moon disappears . |
| 5 | ‘ The Political Officer , ’ wrote Clifford , ‘ should be the Whisper behind the Throne , but never for an instant the Throne itself . ’ |
| 6 | He essayed a tentative movement , and in an instant the beast jumped at him , tearing at his jacket . |
| 7 | But in an instant the laughter was gone from the Political Officer 's mouth . |
| 8 | In an instant the rope was uncoiled from the beam and clipped to the hidden shape in the canvas hood . |
| 9 | In an instant the rabbits were running in all directions through the bean-rows , each one tearing by instinct towards holes that were not there . |
| 10 | The razor-sharp edge went deep and in an instant the entire neighbourhood seemed flooded with my blood . |
| 11 | For an instant the jawbone touched the bare skin of his wrist , in the gap between the top of his glove and the cuff of his coat . |
| 12 | For an instant the Josephs ' eyes met . |
| 13 | She felt for an instant the brush of his breath against her hair . |
| 14 | The girl flashed one brief look in Hotspur 's direction , and for an instant the glitter of her eyes seemed to him hunted and wild . |
| 15 | Then in an instant the look was gone , the painful grip relaxed , and Lady Merchiston was cackling with mirth . |
| 16 | In an instant the whole aircraft was outlined in fire like a set-piece at a fireworks display . |
| 17 | ‘ Natty suddenly called out , ‘ Look massa ’ ; in an instant the air before us seemed literally filled with a dense mass of these birds , which had suddenly rose from under the trees at his exclamation ; we had scarcely time to raise our guns before they were seventy or eighty yards off ; our united discharge , however , brought down eight additional specimens , all of which being merely winged and fluttering about , attracted the attention of our kangaroo dogs , and it was with the greatest difficulty that they could be prevented from tearing them to pieces ; in the midst of the scramble , a kite , with the utmost audacity , came to the attack , and would doubtless , in spite of our presence , have carried off his share , had not the contents of my second barrel stopped his career . |
| 18 | In an instant the coldness of her fury evaporated and her heart was flooded with a tide of raw emotions — excitement , confusion and a desperate yearning that tore at her insides and left her breathless , as though she had been knocked to the ground and run over by a steam train . |
| 19 | He could not help it , for an instant the restraint he was arduously imposing on himself slipped like a mask from his face , and the bitter blaze of his hatred flared from dilated eyes , burning ferociously upon Isambard 's calmly smiling countenance . |