Example sentences of "[modal v] be [adv] any [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ An ambulance is on its way — should be here any minute . ’ |
| 2 | But the chopper should be here any minute now . " |
| 3 | They said they were sending along at once , so they should be here any minute now . |
| 4 | He should be here any minute . |
| 5 | The client should be here any minute . |
| 6 | Miracle Squares I think there 's a lot of thought gone into it you know , it ca n't be easy to re er to , to just dream up a game erm , I like the one about you go to the last supper and the waiter spills soup on your trousers , the waiter , ha tell you else about the Marx brothers an'all , the waiter is er the king of Snowdonia and it 's Groucho Marx , the , they 've got this massive hall , and er these big steps leading down into it you know and as , as they 're coming in there 's somebody at the top and Ann says who 's , who 's walking in and they walk down the stairs you know and Mr and Mrs and the king has you know and he says oh the king Snowdonia is about to arrive , he should be here any minute now , he should be here dead on this time you know , he gets these big fanfare trumpets up da , da , da , da , the king of Snowdonia , and there 's nothing and all of a sudden it flashes to Groucho Marx and then he 's in bed with |
| 7 | ‘ It should be here any moment now . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ We 'll be away any minute now . ’ |
| 9 | He 'll be here any minute and he ought to know what 's best . ’ |
| 10 | Them little bleeders 'll be here any moment now . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd offer you both coffee but the taxi 'll be here any time now . |
| 12 | Maybe it could be here any minute . |
| 13 | And sometimes , towards dawn , the music would be at full blast and there would be hardly any movement at all , nothing left except maybe just one couple kissing — and yet that looked like dancing too . |
| 14 | ‘ That bed will be here any minute , and the room needs to be vacuumed . ’ |
| 15 | Their warty , slimy and sometimes scaly skins can be almost any colour . |
| 16 | A pattern can be almost any material , even plaster which has had a layer of sealer on it . |
| 17 | The ruff can be almost any shade of cream or red to black , and includes ear-tufts often of a different colour . |