Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [vb infin] [noun] at all " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did not want success at all costs , but likewise they were not willing to jump off the pop escalator , or stand on the spot arguing among themselves . |
| 2 | His words did not make sense at all . |
| 3 | A newsletter writer of August 1692 complained that it was impossible to distinguish between those who did not come to church because they were attending conventicles and those who did not worship God at all , and he predicted the result would be the downfall of the Church of England followed by the triumph of popery . |
| 4 | He did not mention Constance at all . |
| 5 | We can explain that they come from an age when theology and the natural sciences were not divorced from one another , when God was held directly responsible for disasters we would now call ‘ natural ’ , and for which we would have scientific explanations to hand that did not mention God at all . |
| 6 | It did not enforce innovation at all . |
| 7 | A few shops selling furniture and electrical goods did not offer credit at all , and the more recent credit developments such as budget accounts seemed rare . |
| 8 | In their Doric orders the entasis was the subject of meticulous attention : in Burn 's Theseion orders he did not use entasis at all , although its absence is not noticeable . |
| 9 | We did not fear death at all . |
| 10 | It did not please John at all . |
| 11 | The great majority of women limiting their families did not attend clinics at all but learnt from their neighbours , friends , or literature . |
| 12 | A higher proportion of the earlier generation did not attend university at all — 8 out of 35 in 1940 but only 8 out of 135 in 1970 . |
| 13 | If you earn less than this , you do not pay contributions at all ; but as soon as you earn more , you pay contributions on all your earnings . |
| 14 | Some do not tax gains at all . |
| 15 | ‘ We are amazed to be prosecuted when currently there are many brokers , other mortgage advertisers , and major building companies who are running ads contrary to the Act which do not mention APR at all , and they are getting away with it . |
| 16 | ‘ I do not miss Wakelate at all . |
| 17 | There is not much in the way of a half-way house between people who do not use credit at all and those who use it frequently . |
| 18 | Peter Dutton , Corporate Recruitment Manager at Procter & Gamble 's UK head office in Newcastle , wrote : ‘ We do not use Headhunters at all , because we have a policy of recruiting only at the first level of management ( usually graduates direct from university ) and filling all more senior management positions by promotion from within . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ At ordinary times we do not read novels at all , as you may imagine , but the right novel at the right moment can have a real spiritual value . ’ |
| 20 | It is clear that the proportion of abusers is very small ; it is equally clear that the vast majority of drinkers do not abuse alcohol at all . |
| 21 | This did n't bother Kenny at all as he more or less ignored them and they did the same to him . |
| 22 | I also have a girlfriend who went out for several years with a man who did n't wear underpants at all and only washed his jeans once a month . |
| 23 | And I recall when I was much younger when women did n't wear trousers at all , the novelty of putting on Uncle 's knee breeches , Jacket and coat , to go out to the fields . |
| 24 | But this did n't deter Sam at all , and three days later he was pacing in the kitchen while Letty Carew and Jane Polwhele assisted his wife in the delivery of a daughter . |
| 25 | Well no I did n't miss Anglesey at all because er my outlook was to get away and to do something different . |
| 26 | I had been under the impression that Smith 's did n't stock SR at all , so well did they hide it . |
| 27 | In fact , he did n't mention Harriet at all . |
| 28 | I must confess I did n't enjoy others at all . |
| 29 | ‘ You did n't like Mills at all , did you ? ’ |
| 30 | She did n't like dogs at all . |