Example sentences of "it be at [det] moment " in BNC.

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1 It is at that moment that Jesus comes , not as a ghost but as himself , to save them and take away their fear .
2 It is at that moment celebrity golfers disappear .
3 It is at this moment that the question arises — is the victim who sustains the harm someone the defendant is under a duty not to harm ?
4 It is possible this is a case of hindsight colouring my memory , but I have a distinct feeling that it was at that moment I first sensed something odd , something duplicitous perhaps , about this apparently charming American gentleman .
5 I felt wonderful , and it was at that moment that I realised that if I started taking my athletics seriously , if I started training properly , if I started listening to Ron , then maybe I could do something in the sport .
6 It was at that moment that she had resolved to tell Nick Morley everything that had happened to her .
7 It was at that moment that he ventured to propose to her .
8 This was the first thought he had ever had of the commune , it was at that moment it first came to him , out on the terrace sitting beside Rufus under Hilbert 's umbrella , while the Vermstroy man hunted his quarry along the woodland streams and Mary pursued him with cries of protest .
9 It was at that moment Meredith caught a glimpse of another familiar figure .
10 That wo n't give anything away , ’ cajoled Deana , and it was at that moment that an open-topped , low-slung dark red sports car purred to an impatient halt directly in front of the foyer 's big glass doors and the unmistakable silhouette of Tom Russell sprang with athletic grace from behind the wheel and began to stride across the cement footpath towards the entrance .
11 It was at that moment that Rincewind 's one remaining ring , already overburdened , slid out of the rock with a nasty little metal sound .
12 It was at that moment their quarry became aware of them and increased his own speed sharply , sprinting flat out across a small clearing .
13 And it was at that moment , half a mile before Carrick-on-Suir , that they heard an actual clamour — of angry voices , hundreds of angry voices .
14 It was at that moment that Mr quigley passed the entrance to the pub garden .
15 It was at that moment that the couple whom Guido had pointed out earlier finished paying their bill and headed out to the car park .
16 It was at that moment , Ronni thought later , that Guido made up his mind that he 'd been wrong in associating Jeff with the disappearance of his speedboat .
17 It was at that moment that Fabia was shaken to realise that all she was looking for was an excuse to be in touch with him again .
18 As luck would have it , when she was certain that , shiny-faced and wet-headed , she must look about her worst , it was at that moment that the outer door opened and Ven came in .
19 It was at this moment , as Franca recalled it afterwards , that the balance suddenly tilted in the other direction , and what had seemed sensible and inevitable suddenly began to seem trivial and irrelevant , and what had seemed impossible became not only possible but essential .
20 It was at this moment that the Danzig dockers union , inspired as much by anti-Polish sentiment as by fellow feeling for Soviet brother-workers , decided that they would no longer handle supplies and munitions destined for Poland .
21 It was at this moment of increasing daily use that the most profound lifestyle changes were perceived by the interviewees .
22 It was at this moment that Signor Fixit appeared in the doorway with the plastic strips draped over his shoulders like variously coloured spaghetti .
23 It was at this moment that there arrived at AFHQ a " personal " and " urgent " signal for Alexander from Gen McCreery , the Commander of Eighth Army , whose 13 Corps and 5 Corps were directly involved in the front line in North-East Italy and Austria .
24 It was at this moment that I decided I must learn to dance , so that I could stay on at the pensione instead of roaming about .
25 Gleizes writes , ‘ it was at this moment , October 1910 , that we discovered each other seriously , including Robert Delaunay … and that we realized what we had in common .
26 It was at this moment when MacMinimum and I arrived .
27 It was at this moment , with a faint feeling that made the hair on his head prickle , that Coffin got the first intimation that even if it was not his case , he himself was in it .
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