Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [adv] at any [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The storm may break again at any moment and you will be drenched . |
| 2 | There was no sign of her in the street but a taxi might draw up at any moment . |
| 3 | She looked as though she might slide off at any moment . |
| 4 | Zen was still irrationally worried that Gianluigi might walk in at any moment , hunting rifle in hand . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Given the right conditions they could flare up at any time . |
| 7 | According to Sotheby 's expert they were of different dates … of different styles , by different hands , the sort of set anyone could put together at any time … |
| 8 | Alright , so you have only one , but by all he ( by the sound of it ) knows , a mate could come along at any time . |
| 9 | Country churches were never locked ; you could wander in at any time . |
| 10 | The taxi was clattering away and I thought it would fall apart at any moment . |
| 11 | His hat was stuck on top of his head but it looked as though it would blow off at any minute . |
| 12 | The other source of embarrassment was the very real possibility that Dennis would stroll over at any moment and catch us at it . |
| 13 | Even after the pole struck Dennis on the head and he disappeared from sight , I remember thinking that he would pop up at any moment alongside the boat , like a coot . |
| 14 | ‘ They are all very obliging and will come in at any time . ’ |
| 15 | And he may turn up at any moment with a simple explanation , and wonder what we 've been worrying about . ’ |
| 16 | The encounter can break off at any stage in the process of escalation . |
| 17 | A It can do so at any time . |
| 18 | The working class can take over at any time when they wish , when they have the knowledge , when they are in the majority . |
| 19 | I hope that as chairman of ICI the contribution that I can make is to be looked upon by people on all levels as someone whose experience they can call on at any time . |
| 20 | In fact , prices can go up at any time , not necessarily in April . |
| 21 | Now that plants in containers can go in at any time when the ground is not frozen or sodden , many gardeners opt for the spring or early summer . |
| 22 | ‘ I can go anywhere at any time for an audition . |
| 23 | ‘ It can go off at any time , ’ says Nayab . |
| 24 | It 's rather like a trip on the Circle Line ; you can get on at any point really , and you 'll get to the fridge , or the move , or the school fees sooner or later and then back to the beginning again . |
| 25 | That is why , wrote Harsnet , I have been preparing myself for that moment for a long time , that is why I have cleared the decks and prepared the ground , because unless the decks are cleared and the g round prepared there is little hope of succeeding in what one has planned to do , little hope of achieving anything of lasting value , though lasting is a relative term and so is value and whatever it is one has planned to do is certain to be altered in the process , which does not of course mean , he wrote , that one can start anywhere at any time . |
| 26 | These memories can pop up at any time and transform even the most mundane occasion into something special . |