Example sentences of "to go at [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At times the police car had had to go at over 100 mph . |
| 2 | I make it a rule to go at least three times . |
| 3 | To have a drink on a Sunday , he had to be a ‘ bonna-fide traveller ’ , and had to go at least three or four miles before he would be served . |
| 4 | ‘ I expect everyone to go at least a second faster tomorrow , ’ said Mansell , who set the record in the penultimate lap of the session . |
| 5 | After much uncertainty it became plain that the Russians could not expect Mr Aziz to return to Moscow until late on Thursday ; he was expected to go at once to see Mikhail Gorbachev . |
| 6 | The Brownings and Ferdinando would be back in June so it would be best to go at once , when it would be more likely that her absence would be looked on leniently . |
| 7 | ‘ Something instantly circulated through me like an essence of fire , and striding with wider steps I determined to go at once for my model , to begin tomorrow and to make the most of my actual situation . |
| 8 | ‘ You 're to go at once to the vicar 's study , ’ she announced . |
| 9 | My third friend was very scared and wanted to go at once , feeling that we were in definite danger from something . |
| 10 | When at last he placed the phone down he turned and gazed at Joe , saying in a bewildered tone , ‘ It 's Harry ; they … they want me to go at once . ’ |
| 11 | " We ought to go at once , " said Fiver . |
| 12 | Contrary wise , Beethoven and other composers wrote music both in 3/4 and 6/8 meant to go at very similar tempos . |