Example sentences of "be [verb] at [adj] speed " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 4.6 ) if the damper torque is zero , the damper rotor and housing must be operating at equal speeds . |
| 2 | It had been hoped that the station would be reached at high speed by tunnel from east London , but getting to St Pancras from the Channel route would involve a tortuously slow route over a heavily congested suburban line . |
| 3 | The rabbits , having been bolted , will be moving at reasonable speed over a short distance . |
| 4 | Witnesses say the rover seemed to be travelling at high speed . |
| 5 | Each day in the Thames Valley police area more than sixty cars are stolen , many of them to be driven at high speed by teenagers , the so-called joy riders . |
| 6 | They also like to up-end push and pull toys for imaginary mending , and wheels can be spun at different speeds . |
| 7 | Needless to say , they 'd also be playing at ridiculous speeds . ’ |
| 8 | The disadvantage of rope or parafil is that it can not be retrieved at high speed without the friction overheating and burning the material . |
| 9 | He then rebuilt and re-erected the beam engine at his father 's mill and invented the weft fork , later adopted universally , which enabled looms to be worked at high speed . |