Example sentences of "which [modal v] [verb] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I understand from 's nephew that the electric convector in the sitting room is dead , and shall speak to about some kind of replacement , though there is of course the second convector in the bedroom which should suffice at this time of year . |
| 2 | It struck Mungo as being like a time-bomb , planted even before memory , which might explode at any moment . |
| 3 | As we said then , these were indicative in character and not comprehensive as to the levels or to the range of performance which might emerge at any one level or from a particular child . |
| 4 | One of Brazil 's biggest industrial areas has become an environmental time-bomb which could explode at any time . |
| 5 | As it was not yet open , she sat on the step beside a broken box of rotting plums and watched the market traders going about their business : they all seemed to be in their usual mood of precarious good humour which could splinter at any moment into invective and menacing gesture . |
| 6 | AGLOBAL aviation security network is needed urgently to prevent another Lockerbie disaster , which could happen at any time , an expert on international terrorism warned yesterday . |
| 7 | He told members to get ready for an election which could happen at any time . |
| 8 | And , if it is at all possible , the number of changes which could occur at any one time is better curtailed and staggered . |
| 9 | St. Leonard 's Street , Sheepmarket and Broad Street were notorious arenas for these events which could occur at any time through the winter months . |
| 10 | The rate of interest fixed by the Commissioners on Landed Securities ( which was fixed at 11 ½ per cent for the six months from and after Martinmas 1974 and which will continue at that rate for the six months from and after Whitsunday 1975 ) . |
| 11 | In the pond there lives a grass snake , which will emerge at some random point on the surface , and eat whichever frog is closest to it . |
| 12 | " Quotation " thus seems to be a code-switching phenomenon which can work at several levels . |