Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] at [adj] speed " in BNC.
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| 1 | They introduced ad hoc postulates , such as proposing that objects got shorter when they moved at high speeds . |
| 2 | They came at full speed , the leading man aiming to Sharpe 's left , the other pulling to his right . |
| 3 | Freezing fog and still they drive at high speed . |
| 4 | He paused a moment , and when he found that the horse was no longer rebellious , and only impatient to gallop , he let him go at full speed . |
| 5 | Dorothy Newman nudged her fellow conspirator back to reality , then they ran at breakneck speed to their respective homes . |
| 6 | But individually they orbit at different speeds depending on their distance from the Sun , the innermost rocky planets orbiting much faster than the outer balls of frozen gaseous vapour , such as Jupiter , Saturn and Uranus . |
| 7 | Ordering a staff car , he drove at top speed through the night to Paris . |
| 8 | Police cars and the police helicopter later trailed the man 's getaway car as he drove at high speed down the M6 and M56 . |
| 9 | Police cars and the police helicopter later trailed the man 's getaway car as he drove at high speed down the M6 and M56 . |
| 10 | He reads at high speed , hoarsely swallowing words deformed by an imaginary cigar . |
| 11 | He ran at great speed , his eyes on fire , his teeth tight together , and did not pause until he reached his own door . |