Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [pron] at [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | It is a moment that is likely to reshape the strategic thinking of traditional , print-on-paper publishers , perhaps encouraging them at last to re-define their activities and participate more extensively in information media of all kinds . |
2 | These agents are toxic when given systemically , and so producing them at high concentration within the tumour is an attractive goal . |
3 | She walked on and on , imagining herself utterly alone wearing nothing at all . |
4 | ‘ I 'm not bringing anyone at all and , as to the seat , I 'll pay for mine as soon as I see you . ’ |
5 | The message is that drivers who do n't break their journey , are in serious danger of not completing it at all . |
6 | He might have been spooning it into his pocket , not eating it at all . |
7 | Technologically and economically it requires more explaining than is now possible , not least because of the loss or destruction or records , to say nothing of not keeping them at all . |
8 | Father Abbot , here is a strange saying , for she came to me when I was not seeking her at all , when I knew nothing of her . |
9 | Er , very wary of those , really , and we 're not recommending them at all . |
10 | not hunting them at all ? |
11 | I do n't like me voice , I 'm not liking it at all and I think that 's what putting me off on taping it and listening to myself after , I do n't , I like , I like |
12 | You have another country along that coast , Nigeria , which has just got to the stage where it 's got through its forest and it 's not exporting anything at all , if anything it 's importing . |
13 | This can result in buyers waiting for months for the goods to arrive or not getting them at all and being fobbed off with a different machine . |
14 | Or not getting it at all . ’ |
15 | We are not getting it at all . |
16 | ‘ I 'm not saying anything at all about him . ’ |
17 | I had to put the project aside for a while , he wrote , as the rent had to be paid , not to speak of alimony , school fees and the rest , and , coming back to it after a considerable period , much longer , unfortunately , than I had anticipated , and I will not even try to apologize since you gave me a completely free hand — anyway , he wrote , trying to ignore the damp spots left on the page of his pad by his sweaty hands , anyway , coming back to it after all that time I realized that it would be quite impossible in practice to separate the valuable and the worthless , the public and the private , and that , in a sense , one would have to think in terms of either publishing the whole thing exactly as it stood , or not doing it at all . |
18 | Peer pressure is a factor , but not necessarily in a coercive way ; a teenager who is n't sure how to smoke a joint will be more worried about losing face from doing it wrong than not doing it at all . |
19 | ‘ Terry and I tried to cut back on the silly stories by not doing anything at all , but then they attacked the fact that we were n't doing anything , ’ she said . |
20 | Not involving yourself at all in anything whatever to do with " how or when or how much the primary sufferer eats or does not eat . |
21 | Obviously there is a very delicate balance between erm demanding too much of people 's time in consulting and talking with you , and not involving them at all , and you have to be very sensitive to how much time people are prepared to give and how much they want to be involved in something . |
22 | He can then argue that once one has advanced beyond the superstition that all desire is for oneself having pleasure , one has no reason of principle for denying the apparent fact that some desire is directed at occurrences not involving oneself at all , but rather the welfare of others . |
23 | Not chasing them at all ! |
24 | ‘ I 'm not manipulating you at all . |
25 | During its debut series , the BBC insisted on moving it about willy-nilly ( to the extent of not showing it at all some weeks ) like a high court judge discovering his penis and not knowing quite what to do with it . |
26 | I was trying to conduct an interview , and now I 'm trying to explain to you that you 're not making it at all easy . |
27 | Now more people have a stake , with some owning far more than others and most owning none at all . |
28 | She unfolded the page of blue paper and focused on the letter instead , hardly understanding it at first reading . |
29 | Kraal could hardly believe his eyes as the Keeper carried Minch into the cage , and just stared in amazement , for once saying nothing at all . |
30 | Imagine still doing it at forty ! ’ |