Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [verb] [pron] at [adj] " in BNC.

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1 You should only consider it at all if you believe your marriage can continue .
2 ‘ You must not reproach yourself at any time .
3 For one has to recognize that if one had their desires one would not accept principles which rode roughshod over their satisfaction , and this implies that one should not accept them at all , since one can not universalise them to that hypothetical situation in which one would be forced to reject them .
4 I it is not envisaged I mean I must n't mislead you at all I want I want to be understood on this issue .
5 He must n't strain himself at all .
6 " You should n't do it at all . "
7 Belinda Hazel , 31 , said : ‘ Police should n't chase them at such speeds — then it would n't happen . ’
8 ‘ You sound as though disasters on the other side of the world should n't concern us at all , ’ said Scarlet .
9 Now , it may or not me noticeable if it 's a minor alteration in the surface geometry then it may be so slight as to make no difference in the way it performs so if , for example , it 's an enzyme it may not affect it at all .
10 In this case they may not add anything at all to the message .
11 I ca n't tell you that this keyboard is the best you 'll ever buy , because its feel may not suit you at all , but if you take that and the monitor aside , and specify totally different units that do suit you , then the system box wo n't let you down .
12 ‘ Then let's just leave it at that , and clear away these dishes . ’
13 Lisa 's publicity manager Jacqueline Keeley said : ‘ It was a fun day — let's just leave it at that . ’
14 ‘ We have a good working relationship ; let's just keep it at that , shall we ?
15 It does , it might not seem it at this moment in time , but eventually you will understand everything that 's in there , and what it means to you , yes ?
16 So , for the moment , we 'll just leave it at that shall we ? ’
17 The ITC says it may possibly award none at all .
18 ( This was a point on which Barth seems to have given Ritschl little credit ; but Ritschl so represented the things against which Barth was having to fight that he could rarely find anything at all to praise in him .
19 Hebbert and McFall do , Hebbert decided , and he persuaded his partner they could not leave it at that after such a long flog up the mountainside .
20 ‘ I do n't — yes , I could do that , ’ said Caspar , who could not do it at all , but could see that there was no other answer to be given .
21 But when I later tried to find my way back to the dining-room to finish my meal , which should have been a simple thing to do , I just could not locate it at all .
22 She could not feel anything at all — the anaesthetic having done its job — and she could not see anything as her eyes were tightly closed .
23 Maggie 's face flushed hotly and she was glad that Ana could not see her at that moment .
24 Robert could not understand it at first , but , after he put his ear back to the window , it resolved itself into two syllables :
25 Often they could not find them at all .
26 My parents had died when I was a baby , so I could not remember them at all , but quite often I used to visit the churchyard , about a mile from the village , to look at their names on their gravestones .
27 But she could not remember anything at all about them .
28 You could just see them at low water and er that was one of the danger points but I 've never seen ships coming close to Skerrymor at all .
29 The delicacy of his touch as he stroked her was such that Julia could hardly feel it at all , and yet it aroused in her a longing for him that she had never before experienced .
30 If I started trying to come between husband and wife , and that is how it would be seen , I could hardly help anyone at all .
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