Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [verb] at any " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the moment I 'm not getting any results , and I could go at any time . |
| 2 | She looked as if she might explode at any moment . |
| 3 | Images scanned and printed on a 300dpi system using 32 levels of grey look surprisingly good ; better than you might expect at any rate . |
| 4 | Sometimes I read schoolbooks , but there seems no point in learning anything when you might die at any minute . ’ |
| 5 | And , and , and all , he 'd got all countries ' television er going , you know , so you could look at any country at the moment , the moment it was producing . |
| 6 | They show more respect for OUR national anthem than you would find at any soccer match . |
| 7 | Each account offers a full current service with credit interest plus a range of other features including a readymade Reserve from which you can borrow at any time . |
| 8 | LANACANE gives you fast , long-lasting relief from sensitive , embarrassing external itching you can experience at any time of the month . |
| 9 | You can send at any time over the next six months , but the final date of entry is . |
| 10 | You need an anchor at each end of the punt , on a variable length of rope so that you can fish at any depth of swim on the water . |
| 11 | In your first year , half an hour of concentrated thought on a specific topic may be as much as you can do at any one time . |
| 12 | ‘ You can stop at any point and be satisfied with the level you 've explored . ’ |
| 13 | You can ask at any time that your details are removed , and this will be done at the regular updating of the Extract . |
| 14 | You can increase at any time . |
| 15 | ‘ You can point at any object on the screen , click on it and do everything you could possibly do to that object without having to remember any instructions , ’ says Ms Reay . |
| 16 | With a new personal pension , you can retire at any time between 50 and 75 . |
| 17 | We should stop at any one place |
| 18 | There seemed to be an unspoken acceptance by hon. Members that the present system was less than satisfactory , but that we must avoid at any cost anything as dangerous and revolutionary as suggesting a change . |
| 19 | ‘ We might hear at any moment that it 's a bomb , ’ said Haig . |
| 20 | Sometimes biblical chant sounds too much like adaptation from simple anthropological textbooks , but we can see at any rate the exemplification of the way in which Lawrence 's ‘ capering redskins ’ had to be for Eliot now ‘ Life ’ but ‘ not the last word , only the first ’ . |
| 21 | Fewer teachers have difficulties in responding to reminders that children share substantial common ground regardless of whatever special attention they may need at any one time . |
| 22 | The nervous tension of dodging and ducking about a sky crowded with equally dodging and ducking planes , some firing , some looking as if they might fire at any instant , some sheering wildly away to avoid a collision ; and all the time trying to grab a quick shot at a mere point of light : all this brought back the strain of combat , when you were pressed on by the excitement of chasing the enemy , pulled back by the horror of shooting a friend , and periodically shaken with fright by the thought that at any second you might be cut in two . |
| 23 | The exploitation of a range of alternative contractual and working time arrangements permits firms to secure precisely the number and types of such secondary workers that they might require at any time . |
| 24 | They could fail at any minute unless the ice was removed from the intakes . |
| 25 | They could rip at any time . |
| 26 | In his poetry , Wordsworth uses the language of faith years before his ‘ prose mind ’ can accept Christian doctrine ; this is why his ‘ conversion ’ is impossible to date , and why there is so much divergence between the poetic and prose statements he may make at any stage in his progress . |
| 27 | He will also appreciate having his memory jogged as to what he should record at any given time . |
| 28 | He did so when play was about to resume after a stoppage early in the last session of the fourth day , with the score 384 for 7 , and he could hardly have timed it more precisely ; 60 for 3 overnight , and , as next morning it looked as though it might rain at any time , Marshall decided to polish the rest off quickly . |
| 29 | Her voice was stretched very tight , as though it might snap at any moment and tumble her into tears . |
| 30 | He developed the habit of carrying a book of poetry in his pocket , which he might open at any time for a swig of the sublime . |