Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [to-vb] at all " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the time when the dinosaurs dominated the daytime economy , our mammalian ancestors probably only managed to survive at all because they found ways of scraping a living at night . |
| 2 | The ‘ take-away ’ industry has grown suddenly and dramatically , as has the consumption of vast quantities of junk foods — you only have to look at all those supermarket trolleys piled high with packets of crisps and cans of fizzy drink . |
| 3 | He wanted her to go , and she felt afraid as she realised that she did not want to go at all . |
| 4 | Nicholas certainly did not want to fight alone , and probably did not want to fight at all . |
| 5 | In contrast to these animals , many invertebrates do not need to accommodate at all . |
| 6 | ‘ Everybody 's saying that black comedy is the next big thing , because it 's something strong and different — but unless we do something ourselves , it 's not going to happen at all . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ So you see , ’ he wound up after an interminable pause in which the flames seemed to swirl between them , ‘ it 's not going to work at all . |
| 8 | The alignment of the station does not have to change at all to take account of the new east route into London in favour of which my right hon. and learned Friend has declared himself . |
| 9 | Certainly those who worked in the Cages he did not wish to like at all , but among the people who came by the Cages were some who came regularly , day after day , and they seemed all right to him . |
| 10 | Some people , indeed , would not wish to distinguish at all between the personal and amenity services , regarding them all as essentially people-based . |
| 11 | His gift of stolen peonies was discarded in a cardboard box , and she did not seem to mind at all . |
| 12 | We can not expect to arrive at consensus easily — there are a lot of things which may not seem to fit at all — but we can at least want to find out what is in common before worrying about what appears to contradict . |
| 13 | Rather curiously , this line of thought does not seem to occur at all in biological materials which all depend , as do some artificial ones , on reducing the effective stress concentration at the tip of the crack . |
| 14 | Many assumptions are made which pupils are not encouraged to question at all . |
| 15 | And we are not allowed to vote at all , but you can bet we will be expected to foot the bill when the European dream turns into a nightmare . |
| 16 | In Britain , you are not allowed to dive at all if a ship is a war grave . ’ |
| 17 | This meant that couples who had married across the religious divide were not allowed to adopt at all . |
| 18 | Simone was one of those girls who hardly seemed to change at all from one year to the next . |
| 19 | Many managers feel that they understand how to run meetings so well that they hardly need to prepare at all . |
| 20 | These ‘ Notes from a Mud Hut ’ very nearly failed to survive at all . |
| 21 | 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 ! |
| 22 | Occasionally you 'll get people who do n't want to take at all . |
| 23 | If you have recently buried a pet you may even find that you do n't want to move at all . |
| 24 | I — I have enough , I — I just do n't want to live at all ! ’ |
| 25 | Kings boss Chris Kelly added : ‘ I did n't want to play at all and feel that on a neutral ground with our display against Peterborough we could have pulled off a shock win . |
| 26 | ‘ There were times when I really did n't want to play at all . |
| 27 | Do n't want to interfere at all in the business of the administration of the scheme , the investment side of it , but there are clearly , discretionary areas in the superannuation regulations , which effect significantly your pay , employment and reward policies . |
| 28 | Mine do n't want to come at all , my dad said good god that sounds like a waste of time . |
| 29 | Well I 'll be gone after this week and then I wo n't need to ring at all so |
| 30 | Only in keeping with the bumper sticker , the driver is n't heading to work at all . |