Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] at [adj] speed " in BNC.
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1 | Toothed whales usually travel in pods and hunt fish and quid by pursuing them at high speed . |
2 | Claudia drove the ten miles separating them at reckless speed . |
3 | Some deaths , injuries and serious damage have been caused by young people who take other people 's cars and drive them at high speed . |
4 | When she played , charging him at full speed , she would often knock him over but always retracted her claws , which , when used for hunting in the wild , can tear a wild pig or deer apart . |
5 | He was only halfway there when she passed him at full speed , shouting ‘ Slow coach ! ’ as she flew ahead . |
6 | To others , including Tennyson and Arnold , it seemed as if ‘ the ringing grooves of change ’ were carrying them at break-neck speed into a future full of uncertainty and alarm . |
7 | This slows down the towplane , leaving it at low speed below the glider and having its tail pulled up out of control . |
8 | We thought all was well until the Battlebus passed us at full speed in the opposite direction . |