Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] at all " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wanted her to go , and she felt afraid as she realised that she did not want to go at all . |
| 2 | Additionally , in the case of a complete failure to perform to contract at all , the buyer will usually have the right to go elsewhere to a third party for the same goods and to charge the seller for any increase in the price paid to the third party over that payable to the seller . |
| 3 | One old petrol stove clogged up and failed to work at all . |
| 4 | Mine do n't want to come at all , my dad said good god that sounds like a waste of time . |
| 5 | For daring to come at all , she was cut from the Kirov team . |
| 6 | In contrast to these animals , many invertebrates do not need to accommodate at all . |
| 7 | ‘ No , Ellie , I do n't need reminding at all . ’ |
| 8 | Meanwhile , anybody working in a pub , a cafe , a restaurant , a tea shop , a cinema , or serving food or drink of any type has to work at all those times . |
| 9 | Underlying this simplistic approach is sound reasoning , namely that your audience needs to know at all times where they are during your presentation . |
| 10 | Unfortunately on these occasions , all too often the prick of conscience , if it has operated at all , is instantly suppressed before it can take control , and it is this which appears to have become the normal response . |
| 11 | Do you need to wee at all , Tim ? |
| 12 | I think for outsiders it looks like nothing has moved at all , but when you 're involved in the strike in fact things have been moving quite fast in very many important ways throughout the ten months . |
| 13 | It will have been noted that , not content with imposing upon themselves the task of ruling through the tendering of advice , which might have been thought difficult enough , the British took upon themselves in Northern Nigeria the even more difficult task of ruling without actually appearing to rule at all — an undertaking whose very absurdity only emphasizes its interest . |
| 14 | There 's a site to which this Society objected on Wetherby Road in Harrogate which we thought did n't need developing at all , but in practice the District Council decided they wanted it for industry because it considered the need for industry to be so great and we have along this frontage of Wetherby Road a row of three car showrooms and a token spot of industry behind it . |
| 15 | If it is diatonic we may never need to modulate at all . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , ’ says Howard , ‘ I think the thing we want to avoid at all costs — I mean , I really feel quite strongly about this — is setting up some kind of Utopia — some kind of over-simplified Arcadia which would n't stretch the imagination of the … ’ |
| 17 | The coding frame for each question should have been constructed at the pilot stage except for open questions where we may need to look at all responses to decide on groupings . |
| 18 | The purpose of our work has been to try to look at all aspects of sign language which might help those who make choices . |
| 19 | What what do you know sort of what you want to do at all or |
| 20 | Moscow also has trade missions in most Latin American capitals , and where trade has become at all significant joint inter-governmental commissions have been set up with the aim of promoting fulfilment of the trading agreements . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't know ’ , the Dowager Countess leaned close to Lucille , ‘ why some of them bother to dress at all ! |
| 22 | It is always possible that when you do the job specification of a long-standing job you will decide the job does not really need to exist at all ! |
| 23 | Well I 'll be gone after this week and then I wo n't need to ring at all so |
| 24 | It makes them more expensive , importing inflation — which the Government has decreased at all cost — into the country . |
| 25 | They do n't need altering at all . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Apparently none of their allen keys would fit the screws , ’ explained Andy , who has ridden at all the world 's top circuits during his 16 year career . |
| 27 | It is perhaps surprising that it has survived at all , yet there are pockets in this country where these lifetime associations are still meaningful . |
| 28 | The argument outlined in Chapter 3 is that the long term interests of society are best served by a set of regulatory arrangements designed to deter at all levels the misuse of inside information . |
| 29 | To disclose whether or not a warrant has been issued in a particular case could establish means whereby those involved in serious crimes or espionage or subversion could learn the extent to which their activities had come to notice or — perhaps more damaging — could in some cases confirm whether their activities had come to notice at all . |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't think he has changed at all . |