An instant after the flashlight hit her, the ground slammed the bottoms of her feet.

"It's not like you're going to be around to testify-" The instant he said this, the bullet hit him in the back of the head.

The instant the money hits Panama, it's out of there.

The instant the octopus hits the hot water, it appears to shrink by about half.

One instant I saw there was an object, and the next instant the car had hit it.

An instant later another sheaf hit the same points in the shell.

The next instant, a fist-sized rock hit me on the shoulder.

A twig that he thought a long way off, would the next instant hit him on the nose or rake along his ribs.

The instant he hits Return, the screen hiccups toward a brand-new page.

The instant the last drop hit grass, Bob bolted off into the night.