Example sentences of "at the slightest [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you want to observe them as the light fades you must walk very carefully because they are very sensitive to vibrations and will shoot back into their tunnels at the slightest tremor . |
| 2 | To release this time you must not tolerate desultory study , giving up at the slightest excuse before any solid result is accomplished . |
| 3 | Sometimes , and Katherine did n't know which was worse , she would stamp round and rail , flailing out at Katherine at the slightest excuse . |
| 4 | Raymond and I no longer share a bed , but he wakes at the slightest noise . ’ |
| 5 | You know at the slightest wobble |
| 6 | She was watching him so intently as he bit into it that he began to wonder if Smallfry was right to fear she would poison him at the slightest opportunity . |
| 7 | She gave him hell at the slightest opportunity . |
| 8 | At the slightest sign of originality in approach or technique a director might well be regarded as a menace and any departure from the hoary formula adhered to by the executives could be considered highly presumptuous . |
| 9 | They had always found buccaneering terribly alarming , and felt seasick at the slightest sign of bad weather . |
| 10 | Greatly outnumbered , the ducks would abandon their foraging mission and beat a hasty retreat to their island stronghold at the slightest sign of trouble . |
| 11 | I 'm no expert , but what worries me is that , when you 're dealing with madmen , they increase their demands at the slightest sign of weakness . ’ |
| 12 | Since at heart these men were friendly to the Slav cause , Allied propaganda claimed that those who were posted to the east were always stationed in the most exposed positions , and at the slightest sign of wavering , or what might be termed ‘ treason ’ , were shot at from the rear . |
| 13 | At the slightest sign of disturbance , the termites drum out a warning on the earth , which causes the whole foraging party to disappear up the tunnels back to the nest . |
| 14 | He had made her whole body feel as though it would explode at the slightest caress from him . |
| 15 | At the slightest mention of her father 's name I got upset , and even when people said is n't she a gorgeous little baby . |
| 16 | He was playing with her emotions , stringing them out like a taut band that would snap at the slightest pressure . |
| 17 | When ripe these pear-shaped fungi are filled with dust-like spores which pour out of the small central opening at the slightest movement . |
| 18 | No longer does he have to hover over the rod trying to strike at the slightest movement . |
| 19 | At the slightest movement outside the tank the fish now whizz around , bumping into the glass and even jumping out of the tank . |
| 20 | The Means Test is very strictly enforced , and you are liable to be refused relief at the slightest hint that you are getting money from another source . |
| 21 | But at the slightest hint of danger they join up instantly and dash away like an immaculately trained line of dancers making their exit . |
| 22 | He slept very lightly ( awakening at the slightest sound ) and for no more than six hours a night ( if his parents were lucky ) . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's going to be a wonderful evening , ’ said Camille , ‘ with her drooling over the waiter , and me nearly dying of fright at the slightest sound , and you sitting there thinking . ’ |
| 24 | Now sheep are animals that we tend to regard as being pretty stupid and most of the time they 're timid creatures who will run away at the slightest sound or sight of something strange in their midst . |
| 25 | The most brightly coloured parts of the sea slug , which therefore attract most attention , are the papillae — hair-like structures which grow from their backs and which have arranged on their surfaces groups of stinging cells known as nettle-cells or nematocysts , which explode at the slightest touch , discharging a barbed , whip-like structure . |
| 26 | My hair falls out at the slightest touch , sometimes leaving little bald patches . |
| 27 | A most extraordinary ebullient , character , he was one of those lovable teddy-bears , but highly charged with emotion which spilled out at the slightest touch . |
| 28 | These jingle at the slightest touch on the head . |
| 29 | And I assume that 's what it would amount to , since you flinch at the slightest touch of my hand . ’ |
| 30 | For two weeks the press flew from one Greek island to another , like migrating birds , at the slightest rumour . |