Example sentences of "of [v-ing] at all " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some would say it made no pretence of catering at all , but if you were n't fussy about what you ate , if your lunch was no more than a fuelling stop to enable you to work through the afternoon , then what was on offer was tolerable . |
| 2 | ‘ Hey , Phil , ’ he called , ‘ did you ever think of dying at all ? |
| 3 | As she headed through the basement corridors that would lead her to the stairs and the stage door and thence to the waiting Joe Lucas , Josie 's thoughts barely touched on the subject of dying at all . |
| 4 | When atrocious weather precludes any possibility of climbing at all , it 's worth descending a ‘ comfortable ’ distance down the terrace to witness the natural turmoil taking place in the inlet between Stennis and neighbouring Bosherston Head ; a simultaneously exhilarating and sobering sight . |
| 5 | If he said : " I wo n't buy until I 've seen written information on the stock " this frequently meant he had no intention of buying at all , and the astute dealer would pretend he was sending an Extel card ( a written fact sheet on the stock ) but in fact he would not bother . |
| 6 | the main point that I made to him was that after such a superb beginning where , where they actually state how much rubbish we produce , there 's absolutely no mention even though there 's space at the bottom there 's no mention of recycling at all . |
| 7 | ‘ So , now that you 're home , are you thinking of staying at all ? |
| 8 | She hesitated , sadly , desperately anxious to accept , absurdly delighted that he had asked her , that he had so coolly bothered to cross the room to ask her , and yet at the same time horrified by the thought of displaying herself , by the thought of dragging her hideous dress from its hole-in-the-corner obscurity , by the thought of dancing at all , for she did not know how to dance . |
| 9 | Most threatened animals still live in the wild where their chances of surviving at all depend on their habitat . |
| 10 | They slipped off so I would n't approach her , which I had no intention of doing at all . ’ |
| 11 | Gibbs and fullback Tony Clement were full of running at all times and , while B.C. led again 17–15 with another Graf penalty , Swansea were ultimate winners as outside-half Stephen Jones added a second winning penalty to his earlier conversion of Gibb 's score . |
| 12 | Er and this is exactly what we are doing , so I ca n't see the policy er of policing of changing at all . |
| 13 | This time , however , there was no question of fighting at all , but simply of saying ‘ Enough ! ’ ’ |
| 14 | This supposition has the form of a ‘ regulative hope ’ — both are adopted on the same basis that a card player bases his play on the hope of an improbable distribution of the cards if no other possible distribution gives him any chance of winning at all . |
| 15 | We believe languages should be a much more integral part of schooling at all levels . |
| 16 | ‘ I have no intention of retiring at all . |
| 17 | Are there any disasters you see in your books that might take place in this country that we 're not taking any notice of , in terms of planning at all ? |