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I have been commanded to return them to the property forthwith so they can be consulted at a moment's notice.
Little on the plant floor is welded down, so machines and modular furniture can be rearranged at a moment's notice.
All hospitals in the area have to be prepared to evacuate at a moment's notice.
There's a moment's freezing silence while her eyebrows contract like thunder.
His mouth was one that could give easy smiles at a moment's notice, but I had only seen him smile once since I met him.
Visits were sometimes cancelled at a moment's notice when this happened, and her friends came to accept this.
In fact, the city's small airport affords her the opportunity to connect with local political and business leaders at a moment's notice.
Where else can you get organic pizza, enchiladas and eggrolls on a moment's notice?
We'd certainly be more productive if more of our days were free of the kinds of crises that seem to erupt at a moment's notice.
The funds have been transferred to my offshore account, and I am prepared to leave at a moment's notice.
The jets sit fueled and ready on the tarmac, and pilots stand by around the clock ready to scramble them into the air on a moment's notice.
After a moment's hesitation, he led her to the aft and down a ladder to the gun deck.
Workers must be able to access and manage their communications on the fly, and at a moment's notice from anywhere in the world.
After a moment's looking over the problem he picked up a stone, hefted it, and then wacked everything back into place with a practised hand.
The film opens with the family hitting the road on a moment's notice, one step ahead of law enforcement agents.
Even a moment's reflection is enough to realise that this is an extreme overreaction to a non-existent threat.
A moment's thought will indicate why delegation of power to make regulations has been necessary.
Plus, some hedge funds have former CEOs and CFOs on their payrolls, ready to be parachuted in at a moment's notice.
Yet the swine who broke into and ransacked her home had not a moment's concern for her age or her condition.
She was peeved that I wasn't able, at a moment's notice, to take half an hour to help her dress.
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I was on the brink of tears for no reason other than the moment's inherent, inexplicable beauty.
They were still viewed as a fifth column liable to join forces with the country's enemies at a moment's notice.
They stood to attention in full Legion dress and led the small crowd in a moment's silent reflection.
But a pull-off on 75 looked inviting, and after a moment's hesitation, I swung in.
In a moment's time, he was in front of it, hopping off his stolen bike and reloading his pistol.
In these efforts, and much more, our Congress has signed off on massive, tectonic legislation without so much as a moment's pause.
A single man about town should be able to splash out on these things without feeling a moment's guilt or too big a dent in his bank balance.
Without another moment's pause, Darien rushed forward, scrambling up the wall.
It was eyeless and had no ears, the folds of its skin creating the effect that its hide would fall from its bones at a moment's notice.
It passes through sections where semi-open and ledgy ground requires a moment's study to stay on the trail.
The independent consultant with any hope of being self-supporting must have an organized library of information available at a moment's notice.
After a moment's hesitation, she heaped straw over the man so no one else would see him.
Inside, there are trinkets done up to look ancient, but were most likely purchased on a moment's notice at a nearby dime store.
In India I have grown used to giving lectures on polio and other topics with only a moment's notice and without slides.
After a moment's panic a rummage through the cupboard revealed a cool box which should be just the thing.
Do we identify safe shelters and pack up our valuables ready to go anytime at a moment's notice?
If you talk like a Texan, you are a two-fisted he-man who knows life's hardships and are ready to scrap at a moment's notice.
The bonds of familial affection threaten to mutate into the bonds of slavery at a moment's notice.
There was a moment's pause, a profuse apology, then they resumed their efforts to mutilate the body.
After a moment's brainwork, I'd narrowed down the list of her possible locations to one place.
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That defining moment's arrival is timed perfectly by the production crew, and the cast and director build up to it with superb skill.
Then without sparing a moment's pity for the fawning, awkward creature that Jonas had become, Christy turned on her heels.
At my request, one young Chinese woman wrote the apothegm with only a moment's hesitation.
The rain drizzled on their faces constantly, making sure they would not get a moment's comfort.
The ground units would, of course, be backed by massive conventional air and sea power, ready to subject the enemy to a lethal barrage at a moment's notice.
There was a moment's pause and he spoke again, weighing his words.
I retire to the toilet for a moment's reflection and a good cry.
Will your readers kindly give just one moment's thought in comparing with their own, who are well fed, clothed, housed and cared for, the poor wretches I have described?
As she watched her husband's ascendancy back home, few could have denied Victoria Beckham a moment's reflection on how their positions have been reversed.
Like so many aphoristic cliches, it collapses after a moment's scrutiny.
The bank is more concerned with liquidity than profitability, so that its central bank clients can withdraw funds without publicity at a moment's notice.
I was a free spirit who could pick up and go at a moment's notice, but those feelings faded when I realized what I was missing.
The cops treat him like a common hood and roust him at a moment's notice.
After a moment's hesitation, she nearly shrieked with excitement.
His tone was so authoritative that, after a moment's thought, I obeyed.
The savagery of some of these murders is worth a moment's pause.
Without a moment's thought, Ryuji placed a searing kiss on her lips.
Goodness knows how many times I've turned the key, waited for the plugs to warm up, started the engine and tootled off merrily without a moment's problem or hesitation.
It may be a split second of indecision at a roundabout, a moment's inattention while pulling out of a parking space, a failure to spot another driver signalling.
In a moment's time, he was back, breathless and heaving for air.
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It is natural that you should look at this from the point of view of a plaintiff, but spare a moment's thought from the point of view of a defendant.
We are prepared at moment's notice to release the nerve gas over the city.
If you're feeling creative, hollow out tangerine shells, freeze them, then fill with granita and keep in the freezer to pull out at a moment's notice.
Children have been told to stay close to the school building and staff are being extra vigilant at break times ready to bring pupils indoors at a moment's notice.
And then of course, as is apparently compulsory these days, there's the obligatory shock twist ending that doesn't stand up to a moment's scrutiny.
It gave the referee a moment's reprieve from the home fans' incessant abuse but the chipper's proprietor seemed less impressed with the intrusion.
The post-Cold War need for mobile, flexible forces to deal with threats and flashpoints that can flare up at a moment's notice has placed a new emphasis on airlift.
Spectators may be overwhelmed by the flood of words as well as the clash of absurdity and reality without having a chance to give it a moment's thought.
She kicked her horse into a full gallop and broke away from them, who, after only a moment's hesitation, turned and fled in the opposite direction.
There isn't even a moment's coda acknowledging the generosity of his act.
As with all biological classifications of plants, this list can go out of date at a moment's notice.
I'm a motorbiker, so quite a lot of my casual gear suits jumping on a bike at a moment's notice.
But in his insensate passion for revenge upon one who had all but murdered him, he had forgotten all else but the moment's specious opportunity.
There was a moment's pause. The Princess broke in with some casual remark and once more the conversation became general.
Only when they're attempting to sell you shoe polish is there a brief moment's eye contact.
I pray you, sirs, to take some cheers the while I go for a moment's space to my poor afflicted child.
Keeping PS at your fingertips and following our guidance keeps your UME ready to go at a moment's notice.
The member of the college's Communist League was a firebrand who would launch a sit-in or protest march at a moment's notice.
I'd never given the plight of the Laysan albatross a moment's thought.
Interestingly, what seems to bring him the most pleasure is not this contemplative moment's conduciveness to self-discovery, but its potential to defer epiphany.
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Whereupon Von Gerhard, after a moment's stiff surprise, gave vent to one of his heartwarming roars.
Glad with eager eyes on him handed the child to Polly and sat down without a moment's hesitance, avid of what was to come.
When her embroidery gave her mind a moment's leisure, she was astonished not to see Felicien.
Her anchor was atrip, that is, the cable was hove short, showing that she was ready to sail at a moment's notice.
And he answered without a moment's hesitation that Huddleston, Michigan, would satisfy my loftiest ideal of godforsakenness.
This dare-devil boy-god that sauntered along with a town in its pocket, and a steepled church under its arm for a moment's toy!
The need to respond on a moment's notice adds to the value of airlift and prepositioned ships.
The brothers must be on the watch, and ready to join her at a moment's warning.
She leaped out without a moment's thought among the rushes, with her kirtle girt up close above her knees.
From the bottom of the kitbag he dug up a blue velours case, which after a moment's hesitation he opened.
After a moment's pause, he resumed the dialogue, as if nothing had been said to disturb its harmony.
On the side of a mountain we caught a moment's glimpse of Tarbes in the plain.
He had seen no Irishman of rank ever bestow a moment's attention on his tenantry.
Their anchors were apeak, and they were ready to get under way at a moment's notice.
Philip, after a moment's hesitation, followed her, and paused in the doorway.
Therefore, after a moment's consideration, he spoke up, with a firm and manly voice.
But, after a moment's pause, he laughed aloud again, and walked on briskly.
Miss Minerva's pupil, exuding information as it were at every pore in her skin, had been rudely dried up at a moment's notice.
It needed only a moment's investigation to identify the leathery, tapering fronds of the walking fern.
It was not, however, to fructify yet, for Mr. MacAnimus appealed for a moment's hearing.
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A moment's reflection will give you instances of mentation among the plants.
After a moment's reflection, Mr. Nicolay thought he knew the accused party.
The doctor, without a moment's hesitation, had risked his life to save Allegra.
At his right hand is the midships engine lever ready to be thrown into gear at a moment's notice.
Shelves were chipped out at a moment's notice for primus stove, spirit bottle, matches, kerosene and other oddments.
There was a moment's silence while she did unimpressive things with her fan.
After a moment's consideration, he unjointed his rod, and started off in the direction from which the men had come.
Now, I must ask you for a moment's attention in regard to these two untranslated words.
The younger one, the giggler, remained fascinated, but ready to fly at a moment's warning.
The most beautiful damsel that ever lived she would without a moment's hesitation turn into a glyptodon or a Hippocrepian.
A moment's hesitation, and he tapped resolutely on the pane with his finger tips.
Then, after a moment's delay at the toll-gate, we passed over the Golden Horn.
Goodhue, on the other hand, after a moment's hesitation, followed George out.
There was no cessation, but the regular moment's pause, in the utterance of these sounds.
Paris was the best place in which to dispose of her effects, and thither she and Adrienne came, without a moment's delay.
Without a moment's hesitation, accoutered as he was, he plunged in.
It was the slightest action possible, not obtruded on his notice, and apparently the result of a moment's absence of mind, not worth remark.
I had to leave at a moment's notice, and I want to know what's been happening to the place.
Still at Bloomfield, in readiness to move at a moment's notice.
Sabin, after a moment's hesitation, took a phial from his pocket and poured a few drops into a wineglassful of water.
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Bucephalus deliberately awoke, and after a moment's pause moved on.
There was a moment's silence and then Burnaby lifted his pointed chin.
Or even if I any ways should want a wink or two,' added Sloppy, after a moment's apologetic reflection, 'I could take 'em turning.
He could show his credentials at a moment's notice with proud defiance.
Without a moment's hesitation he resolved to give chase to them.
The seagull lies at anchor in the bay ready to sail at a moment's notice.
All sailings between here and a certain little spot we know of have been stopped without a moment's warning.
I dare say it was sad stuff, furbished up at a moment's notice.
After a moment's silence, Hunt asked her how she liked his goatee.
After a moment's consideration he decided to go south toward the wreck.
I only notice these odious slanders for the sake of declaring that they never had a moment's influence on my mind.
We are not boy and girl, to be captiously irritable, misled by every moment's inadvertence, and wantonly playing with our own happiness.
Chiang Nan's a hundred miles, yet in a moment's space I've flown away to Chiang Nan and touched a dreaming face.
Grace followed her without a moment's hesitation, ordering leary to wait.
That gentle creature, after a moment's thoughtful survey of the carpet, delivered herself with much dry unction as follows.
On the same evening the letter reached the principal magistrate, who without a moment's delay convoked his colleagues early for the next morning.
The captain corked up his doses of truth on the spot without a moment's hesitation.
Margherita continued in a tone of awe, after a moment's silence.
He had not a moment's doubt as to the nature of the matutinal visit.
One breath of fear, one moment's doubt, and the troll is free to rend ye.
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There was no untried refuge left for a moment's shelter from the terrible truth.
When Evie came down there was a moment's awkwardness, and both ladies rose to vacate their places.
But after that moment's pause Tommy returned to normalities.
They promised, as usual, that the ship should never experience a moment's detention on their account, but, as usual, forgot their promise.
Trixton Brent laughed, and Mrs. kame, too, after a moment's hesitation.
There was a moment's silence, a silence which in this corner of the great room seemed marked with a certain poignancy.
At Rome both these articles are procurable at a moment's notice.
The smell of hot metal remained to assure us that the light was still there, ready to flash out at a moment's notice.
A moment's reflection, and she resolutely withdrew her hand.
In the moment's pause I speak of, I saw Uriah's countenance form itself into a most ill-favoured smile.
Venetian servants by contrast enjoy enormous freedom and exercise an insolent latitude in their behavior, freely quitting a disagreeable padrone at a moment's notice.
Here she would leave him untethered while she took to the trees for the moment's unalloyed pleasures of a return to the wild, free existence of her earlier childhood.
By nature and habit the most procrastinating of letter-writers, he now inconsistently opened his desk and took up the pen without a moment's delay.
March, Aunt and Uncle Carrol began it, others rapidly joined in, even Sallie Moffat, after a moment's hesitation, threw her train over her arm and whisked Ned into the ring.
In a moment's breathing space, which he had gained from me by a clever trick, I saw him working impatiently with the centre-board, trying to force it down.
Michelle, 34, said that following the couple's bitter split last year, he would often ring her up out of the blue demanding to take Maia out at a moment's notice.
He could hardly draw his breath, the sweat rained from every pore of his body, he had not a moment's respite, and on all sides he was beset by danger upon danger.
How can a person start off from Grand Isle to Mexico at a moment's notice, as if he were going over to Klein's or to the wharf or down to the beach?
