Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [adv prt] at [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | Oh one other thing I should point out at this stage , erm on the back of some of these |
| 5 | If it is only 20 francs , Father will perhaps give me another 10 … and then I 'll rush off at tremendous speed . ’ |
| 6 | There was no sign of her in the street but a taxi might draw up at any moment . |
| 7 | She looked as though she might slide off at any moment . |
| 8 | Zen was still irrationally worried that Gianluigi might walk in at any moment , hunting rifle in hand . |
| 9 | No , no but you might go in at that time wanting help |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | The wardrobe was unbelievable , you could walk in at one door and out of the other , several yards away . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Er I could go on at great length about it if you wish me to but I 'm sure you do n't . |
| 16 | When you 'd done your thirty years , you 'd go off at two-thirds pension . |
| 17 | Given the right conditions they could flare up at any time . |
| 18 | Alright , so you have only one , but by all he ( by the sound of it ) knows , a mate could come along at any time . |
| 19 | And I ca n't think that you 'd come round at this time of day just for a chat . " |
| 20 | Yes , chair , erm , I was supposed to give the figures if they 'd come out at this time . |
| 21 | Country churches were never locked ; you could wander in at any time . |
| 22 | Rival villages would line up at either end of the green to do this . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | His hat was stuck on top of his head but it looked as though it would blow off at any minute . |
| 26 | ( I would point out at this stage that I would never begin to treat a patient with physical symptoms of this sort unless he or she had first consulted their doctor and was able to tell me that no physical cause for the problem could be found . ) |
| 27 | The other source of embarrassment was the very real possibility that Dennis would stroll over at any moment and catch us at it . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | If we fail to take this opportunity Mr Mayor , as I as I feel we are about to do I am a hundred percent convinced that in years to come people will look back at this year , or however long it happens to be and say they missed out on a golden opportunity to make social , to make more houses and to make social housing better in this city and across the country . |
| 30 | I reckon Wright will come on at some stage unless England are actually winning . |