Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] at any " in BNC.
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| 1 | They work under the grim threat that armed and dangerous rebels could pick them off at any time . |
| 2 | It may be an ark , but one on which anthropophagy is rife ; an ark skippered by some crazy greybeard who beats you round the head with his gopher-wood stave , and might pitch you overboard at any moment . |
| 3 | Held , ( 1 ) that section 18(1) and ( 2 ) authorised an order for payment by the board of that part of the costs of the proceedings determined in the defendant 's favour incurred by him personally at any time when he was not receiving legal aid and was thus an unassisted person ; that , accordingly , the House had jurisdiction under the section to order payment by the board of the defendant 's costs incurred before the issue of his legal aid certificate ; and that the appropriate course was to adjourn the defendant 's application under regulation 143 of the Regulations of 1989 for him to pursue his claim in accordance with regulation 147 ( post , pp. 199G , 201A–B , E , H — 202A , 203B–D ) . |
| 4 | She might feel compelled to attack him physically at any moment and he was alarming enough to convince her that he would lift her in the air , shake her like a rag doll and toss her over a crag . |
| 5 | I 'm expecting him back at any moment . |
| 6 | You see , my father generally deals with these ; I 'm expecting him back at any moment . |
| 7 | Why should he build barns , drain land , clear wasteland and so on , if his landlord could turn him out at any time and reap the benefit of the improvement himself ? |
| 8 | She learnt that Gamal had gone with some friends to an island off the coast of Florida , so she told the person who answered the telephone to get hold of him immediately at any cost and tell him to call his mother on a matter of the greatest urgency . |
| 9 | But he was very sick so er they wanted somebody to stay with him overnight at any rate so I , he was n't sleeping , and I , he said what , I said to him , what do you think made you sick ? |
| 10 | The flexibility and cheapness of overdraft borrowing is possible because it is an ‘ on demand ’ facility , and we can therefore call it in at any time . |
| 11 | Tear the slip out and hand it in at any Midland branch ; or put it in one of the AutoDeposit machines that have been installed at a number of our branches . |
| 12 | When you have filled it in , send it to the Customer Care Unit or hand it in at any post office . |
| 13 | All these people have discovered a passion for one of the most popular recreational sports , sailing , and as you can see , you can take it up at any age . |
| 14 | that 's what I said it pulls them down , erm the Apache can do it now at any height apparently erm and the , there are , there are two or three particular copter 's now |
| 15 | It was not until after the 1914 war and nearly five years with the French army — although domiciled in England for some thirty years he never at any time entertained the idea of becoming a naturalized British subject , considering it highly improper for a Frenchman to renounce his country — and following the failure of his London decorating business , which before the war had been successful , that Boulestin turned to cookery writing . |
| 16 | And I will say this for the greengrocer , he never at any time tried to pressurize Buffy into buying the apple . |
| 17 | It is strange to be confronted by a man who seems to want us around at any price . |