Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [adv prt] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do not invest money which you may need back at short notice . |
| 2 | Any problems with the wording of the draft questionnaire should show up at this stage and can be corrected before the real investigation starts . |
| 3 | She really should go out at unaccustomed times more often , she thought . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Oh one other thing I should point out at this stage , erm on the back of some of these |
| 6 | If it is only 20 francs , Father will perhaps give me another 10 … and then I 'll rush off at tremendous speed . ’ |
| 7 | There was no sign of her in the street but a taxi might draw up at any moment . |
| 8 | She looked as though she might slide off at any moment . |
| 9 | Zen was still irrationally worried that Gianluigi might walk in at any moment , hunting rifle in hand . |
| 10 | No , no but you might go in at that time wanting help |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I 'm only gon na get it four foot deep with it anyway it would n't be four foot deep all over , it 'll start off at two foot and then slightly slope down to the deep part |
| 13 | The wardrobe was unbelievable , you could walk in at one door and out of the other , several yards away . |
| 14 | I could go on at great length on all these topics ; it would be very pleasant for me to say what I think and relieve Monsieur Geoffrey Braithwaite 's feelings by means of such utterances . |
| 15 | So I could go on at great length , colleagues , to tell you that he 's on this committee and that committee well er and that would take me a good half hour because he 's , he 's on , he 's involved in everything in everything in the Party in the union erm , and his commitment is absolutely second to none . |
| 16 | Er I could go on at great length about it if you wish me to but I 'm sure you do n't . |
| 17 | When you 'd done your thirty years , you 'd go off at two-thirds pension . |
| 18 | Given the right conditions they could flare up at any time . |
| 19 | Alright , so you have only one , but by all he ( by the sound of it ) knows , a mate could come along at any time . |
| 20 | The White House wants to see stations that could come in at either $5 billion , $7 billion or $9 billion over the next five years . |
| 21 | And I ca n't think that you 'd come round at this time of day just for a chat . " |
| 22 | Yes , chair , erm , I was supposed to give the figures if they 'd come out at this time . |
| 23 | Country churches were never locked ; you could wander in at any time . |
| 24 | For example , migrating wading birds may stop off at particular estuaries en route from winter feeding grounds to summer breeding grounds ; and we will meet more examples ( eg of fish breeding in mangroves or coral reefs ) in the next chapter . |
| 25 | The cars used to set off at one-minute intervals , originally starting at 9.00 p.m. on a Saturday but that was changed in 1949 to midnight , . |
| 26 | I know Mother used to help out at Low Fields in an attempt to ease Daddy 's burden a bit . |
| 27 | Rival villages would line up at either end of the green to do this . |
| 28 | It was decided that unless they got word of a change in direction from the scouts the Regent had sent to follow the enemy 's route , the Scots host , now numbering some thirteen thousand , would set off at first light , south-westwards , on a converging course . |
| 29 | To escape the posse of photographers and television crews that were always lying in wait , they would set off at high speed along treacherous tracks , with Europe 's press in hot pursuit . |
| 30 | His hat was stuck on top of his head but it looked as though it would blow off at any minute . |