Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] at [adj] speed " in BNC.
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1 | Toothed whales usually travel in pods and hunt fish and quid by pursuing them at high speed . |
2 | Claudia drove the ten miles separating them at reckless speed . |
3 | When she played , charging him at full speed , she would often knock him over but always retracted her claws , which , when used for hunting in the wild , can tear a wild pig or deer apart . |
4 | To others , including Tennyson and Arnold , it seemed as if ‘ the ringing grooves of change ’ were carrying them at break-neck speed into a future full of uncertainty and alarm . |
5 | This slows down the towplane , leaving it at low speed below the glider and having its tail pulled up out of control . |