Example sentences of "might [verb] at any moment " in BNC.
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| 1 | It struck Mungo as being like a time-bomb , planted even before memory , which might explode at any moment . |
| 2 | She looked as if she might explode at any moment . |
| 3 | Her voice was stretched very tight , as though it might snap at any moment and tumble her into tears . |
| 4 | Ursula seemed somewhat calmer once she was home , not least because she was within earshot of the telephone , which she continued to think might ring at any moment , bringing news of Samantha . |
| 5 | ‘ We might hear at any moment that it 's a bomb , ’ said Haig . |
| 6 | Firstly , he could not be sure whether other surviving members of the killer pack might arrive at any moment to join the attack on him . |
| 7 | He also must know that my ships from Denmark might arrive at any moment . |
| 8 | The world might end at any moment ; the illustrations of ninth-century Apocalypses are charged with innovation and nervous energy . |
| 9 | Lynn might reappear at any moment , Thomas was rambling in the woods somewhere near by , Floss and Tibbs were playing badminton just round the corner . |
| 10 | ‘ The one thing I do have in common with William , ’ conceded Preston , ‘ is that we both grew up knowing the heavens might open at any moment and drop a load of shit on our heads . ’ |