Example sentences of "[to-vb] at [adj] speed " in BNC.
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| 1 | This means there will be time to get everything down but that your brain will have to work at full speed and concentration to analyse all the words . |
| 2 | The ships had some 10 miles to go ; the MLs had used their extra fuel and filled the spare tanks with seawater as they stole into the estuary in two columns , headed by MGB 314 : These motorboats are difficult to handle at slow speed and Campbeltown was sluggish , but at speed she drew an extra foot aft and every inch counted as she came towards the mud . |
| 3 | It is a little more difficult to ski at high speed . |
| 4 | Jilinski , now overconfident and desirous of seizing the opportunity to destroy the German Army in East Prussia , urged Samsonov and his five corps , a total of some 200,000 men , to advance at maximum speed . |
| 5 | Suddenly Bf109s attacked and Wynne went down in Z3035 to crash at high speed to his death ; his victor was Hpt . |
| 6 | This is because to convey all the information — whether by analogue or digital means — it must be able to flash at great speed . |
| 7 | This device should more accurately be described as a freewheel , the intent of which is to allow the blades to rotate at high speed while the motor is idling or stopped . |
| 8 | The Recorder told Mulraney : ‘ 'You have a compulsive urge to drive at excessive speed . ’ |
| 9 | Now everything seemed to happen at top speed . |
| 10 | They are going to travel at great speeds a lot faster than we think is safe . |
| 11 | Other rules while in the Gulf were , as far as possible , to move only at night , to observe rigid radio silence and to travel at maximum speed . |