Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [adv] at [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Like Miss Honey , she felt sure both ears were going to come off at any moment with all the weight that was on them . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ I hate to bring the real world into this , but is your room-mate going to pop in at any second ? ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | If it sits at the bottom of your belly , glowering like a smouldering fire , threatening to explode suddenly at any time and paralyse you ? |