Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [adv] at any [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Not a risk we want to cover alone at any price .
2 She pulled them on hastily , half expecting Luke to come bursting in at any minute .
3 They can also choose to behave differently at any time .
4 It might seem like it 's all going to fall apart at any minute , but that 's the key to it — it 's totally wrong to call them shambolic ; you have to be right on top of things to sound this loose .
5 Patrick squirmed uncomfortably in the jumper and the trousers , which were at least two sizes too large for him — he felt as if they were going to fall down at any moment .
6 Like Miss Honey , she felt sure both ears were going to come off at any moment with all the weight that was on them .
7 Another girl , who looked wretchedly unhappy and as if she might be going to fade away at any moment , practically had a miscarriage on stage one night as a result of some pills she 'd been made to take by her awful lout of a lover .
8 ‘ I hate to bring the real world into this , but is your room-mate going to pop in at any second ? ’
9 It was cold in the stadium and a leaden sky threatened to weep down at any moment on the small crowd assembled below .
10 It was all the harder because I could have given up at any moment .
11 ‘ We must hope before you go to Oxford mother will have relented enough at any rate to make writing to you possible . ’
12 His mother was leafing through a huge pile of correspondence , the wire-framed spectacles perched on the end of her nose threatening to fall off at any moment , while Senga sat beneath the window , copying verses from an open Bible .
13 ‘ Means I do n't have to drive home at any rate , ’ she said .
14 If the investment managers had to come in they could have come in at any time .
15 Marcus could have turned up at any moment .
16 If Sabine had wanted to break away and work on her own she could have done so at any time .
17 If he had ever wanted to see her socially he could have done so at any time , but there had been only chance meetings since his marriage .
18 They said it could have gone off at any time .
19 It could have gone off at any time .
20 If it sits at the bottom of your belly , glowering like a smouldering fire , threatening to explode suddenly at any time and paralyse you ?
21 ‘ They made the usual checks then , because I was allowed to go back at any time if there was a problem , they let me go home .
22 Well , is it , you mean technology has n't affected your job to such an extent that you feel that you know you could get laid off at any minute if they bring in something new ?
23 Seaview is a very friendly place — friends and relatives are encouraged to drop in at any time , and residents feel they can talk to visitors even if they do n't know them .
24 With so much happening , and no central authority , Lorne and I were constantly harried by the attempt to film only the crucial events , which appeared to erupt spontaneously at any time of the day or night , while conserving the precious little film stock we had put aside for the intended Bugis film .
25 One last word of warning , if your pond does freeze over at any stage , do n't smash the ice as the shock waves created will also kill the fish .
26 ‘ If I had shown up at any exchange with that case , ’ said Quinn , ‘ they 'd have spotted it and killed the boy . ’
27 I spoke later to Jackie , lifeboat secretary , and asked him how many of a crew he had to call on at any time .
28 I do n't know if that 's come up at any point .
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