Example sentences of "[adv prt] at [art] [adj] pace " in BNC.

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1 The road was deserted and we were throbbing along at a moderate pace when suddenly the engine sputtered and stopped .
2 The story rips along at a cracking pace instead of suspensefully loitering , yet it somehow lacks the frisson of Alien in its businesslike efficiency .
3 That way , unless I 've really laid it on thick , I can get along at a cracking pace .
4 ‘ Delphis ’ floats around dreamy vocals , clever chords , is pushed along at a dignified pace and is a perfect antidote to the tense teutonic Techno and ball-breaking Gospel anthems currently dominating the scene .
5 Terry Hands 's direction whips all this along at a fast pace .
6 Mr Michael Poynor , the adjudicator , commended director Harry Foy for an energetic production which kept the action moving along at a fast pace .
7 On the main highway leading to Charleroi and Brussels the Dragoons were clattering along at a fine pace , almost as if this was an exercise in Provence instead of war .
8 Set off at a good pace with the longest stride that is comfortable , letting your arms swing naturally in opposition to your feet .
9 Set off at a good pace , with the longest stride that is comfortable , your arms swinging naturally in opposition to your legs .
10 Early on an August Saturday morning they set off at a great pace on the west side of the reservoir with the intention of following the ten mile bridleway right round the reservoir to a pub , where they planned to arrive two hours after opening time .
11 Tom does n't speak much to anyone but to the caddie when he 's in contention and he marches off at a cracking pace .
12 The groundswell in ‘ Chopin ’ is more urgent than usual , more truly agitato , the final march takes off at a cracking pace , and earlier Cortot , in common with Rachmaninov , includes ‘ Sphinxes ’ , a witty addition and an amusingly dour presence among the clowns and dreamers of Schumann 's masked ball .
13 It was Martin who took the reins and as he cried , ‘ Gee-up ! you there , you flibbertigibbet ! ’ the horse , as if recognising the voice , tossed its head and went off at a spanking pace down the road , and as they laughed , Harry said , ‘ Would you believe it !
14 Exuberantly believing that he alone was responsible for the separation and still moved by a powerfully purifying sense of goodness and rightness , Hope paid his modest bill the next morning , left a parting note for George , checked himself from asking to see Mary , promised — though he lied — to return and set off at a tremendous pace for Hause Point .
15 She extracted him determinedly and set him down on his feet , whereupon he wobbled perilously backwards and forwards , then set off at a tremendous pace across the courtyard , with his mother following , calling apologies back to Caroline as she disappeared from view .
16 He set off at a brisk pace for the lower station of the funicolare by Piazza Amedeo .
17 It was better once I had rounded the corner and I set off at a brisk pace for the west .
18 He marched off at a brisk pace , leading his party of fifty or so , including two in bath-chairs intent on taking the tour , come hell or high water , the latter being most probable .
19 Sean gathered up the reins and drove off at a smart pace .
20 He would smile and move off at a steady pace , his friends with him .
21 Morrell 's race plan was upset when Gerry McCann , from the local Glasgow University club , set off at a suicidal pace .
22 ‘ Best be movin , ’ he said and they swung open the gate and set off at a jaunty pace back up the lane towards the main road .
23 West Indies soon lost Haynes , but Richards , on his home ground , and Greenidge set off at an explosive pace with 45 off the first seven overs .
24 From then onwards the transformation of the English landscape , or of a considerable part of it , went on at a revolutionary pace .
25 That was the trouble with harbour-watching , there were so many inexplicable activities carried on at a stately pace and with the deliberation of a choreographed performance .
26 Ward had his camera with him , and though he led me round at a breathless pace , talking all the time about the terrible religious cult of the Aztecs , he also took quite a few pictures , usually with myself or some other human in the foreground to give an indication of the scale of the place .
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