Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [adv] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do not invest money which you may need back at short notice . |
| 2 | The good cross country horse must think forwards at all times . |
| 3 | Any problems with the wording of the draft questionnaire should show up at this stage and can be corrected before the real investigation starts . |
| 4 | We should look seriously at such ideas , because , unless we say that everybody should be in work at the same time , we can not just forget the pool of unemployed . |
| 5 | Bearing in mind that retirement in normal health is possible at any age from 50 , directors aged 37 or more should look seriously at this issue . |
| 6 | We should remember also at this stage that the circles themselves are the result of extrapolated figures which also have an error of ±0.5% which in real terms is within ±47 metres . |
| 7 | We must look carefully at environmental statements which accompany orders flowing from the legislation . |
| 8 | We must look also at other areas of privatised industry . |
| 9 | We have arrived at chapter 22 , but before we deal with it in detail , we must look quickly at another story that lies between Isaac 's birth and his coming so soon and so close to death . |
| 10 | Voronov-Vaux must see best at red wavelengths . |
| 11 | One hesitates to enter into the argument of whether co-operation and co-ordination should be processes which should be established at national level and work their way down to local level , or should be processes which should develop naturally at local level and work their way through regional to national or even international level . |
| 12 | She really should go out at unaccustomed times more often , she thought . |
| 13 | As this also is the way to understanding religion , we must go forward at this point . |
| 14 | We , we must go there at some stage to see her . |
| 15 | A Swiss Bishop had heard about the project and suggested a plan which is essentially still followed in international meetings : i.e. that representatives of all Eucharist-centred endeavours and activities throughout the world should come together at certain times . |
| 16 | — they should come together at regular intervals and meetings should , if possible , be reckoned as sacrosanct engagements . |
| 17 | Statistically only 0–05 per cent of chance tetrads should come out at this length or less , so that the expected number of alignments like Craigeam lies between 0.00041 for standing stones and 0.0037 for stone circles . |
| 18 | Oh one other thing I should point out at this stage , erm on the back of some of these |
| 19 | You should get there at all costs , because it is an absolutely astonishing place , but the nature of the spectacle is such that it can only work on you properly if the cirque is not being mobbed ; it demands a certain loneliness , and on afternoons in July and August , for instance , the coaches are said to have to queue before they can get into the village of Gavarnie . |
| 20 | The patient should sit correctly at all times : he should not have to hold his hemiplegic leg up with his unaffected leg , as this is tiring for him , and creates the danger that his outstretched legs might easily be jarred or hit . |
| 21 | 1.2 It is tempting at this point to plunge straight into an account of the adjectival system and how it produces such results as those above ; and in fact we should state clearly at this point that readers who prefer to build up the picture piece by piece , assessing the validity of the connexion between data and theory by starting from the evidential end , may pass immediately to Chapter 2 without any disadvantage . |
| 22 | The storm may break again at any moment and you will be drenched . |
| 23 | If it is only 20 francs , Father will perhaps give me another 10 … and then I 'll rush off at tremendous speed . ’ |
| 24 | In due course we might look closer at that episode with the Gilberd : she admits after much blushing and prevarication that he accused her in the High Street delicatessen of baby-snatching — did it openly , in a loud voice . |
| 25 | There was no sign of her in the street but a taxi might draw up at any moment . |
| 26 | She looked as though she might slide off at any moment . |
| 27 | Zen was still irrationally worried that Gianluigi might walk in at any moment , hunting rifle in hand . |
| 28 | No , no but you might go in at that time wanting help |
| 29 | Alone with Guido in the little boat , she 'd felt a constant sense of danger , like sitting on a time bomb that might go off at any second . |
| 30 | The ash bodies and maple necks are sprayed in Italy , and while most examples I 've seen have been black or white , there 's no telling what other colours might come forth at some point ( Fender-type metallics would look awesome ) . |