Example sentences of "[verb] off at any moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | Breathlessly , Jenny poured out the news that the rear offside wheel of Miss Clinton 's car was loose , likely to come off at any moment , sooner or later certain to come off . |
| 2 | Like Miss Honey , she felt sure both ears were going to come off at any moment with all the weight that was on them . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | What a way to spend the morning , hammering away at the base of a bomb that is likely to go off at any moment . |
| 5 | She looked as though she might slide off at any moment . |