Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] at all " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , if a couple are not married , the surviving partner receives nothing at all under the Intestacy Rules . |
| 2 | Once they 've joined in the Pirates Club , you 'll be lucky to see them at all , as they go through their paces for the junior cabaret ( where a lot of hidden young talent come to light ) , or as they enjoy the treasure hunts and fancy dress parties . |
| 3 | What I still could n't understand was why he wanted to see me at all . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've sweated blood to get him to agree to see me at all . |
| 5 | Looking back on the decision a few years later , he interpreted it in these terms : " What I wanted was some counterweight to my changeable and restless inclinations , a science that could be pursued with cool impartiality , with cold logic , with regular work , without its results touching me at all deeply . " |
| 6 | The highest type of firework last year if it was specified was the sparkler remarkably enough and we would make this point very seriously that parents tend to give children sm very small children sparklers and they must remember tha that these things are fireworks they are dangerous they do get red hot er they must supervise them at all times when they give them sparklers cos they may wave them around they may se set somebody else 's clothing on fire with them they may get the sparks in their eyes if they get too close to them er and one particular danger of course is that they they may get hold of en the hot end when the firework has finally extinguished and they think it 's all finished with . |
| 7 | We were at great pains to explain that we were novices and aware that diving in Barbados was unlike diving in the UK and were told that ‘ courses taken on holiday mean nothing at all ’ and that we should be prepared to snorkel around a pool for six months should he deem it necessary , and that even if we did dive to any standard we would be taken on a dive ( presumably in a pool ) , and ‘ ripped down ’ until we eventually failed a test . |
| 8 | Now you know the rules , set a good example to other drivers by using them at all times ; who knows , they may even copy your driving style and do it right too ! |
| 9 | Fear of side effects prevent a further 25 to 33 per cent using them at all . |
| 10 | ‘ You should n't be eating them at all . |
| 11 | The interpretation of what remains as historical evidence is after all fundamental to the historians craft , but the deliberate preservation of historical source materials in the absence of context ( or worse still the failure to preserve them at all ) surely does little justice to the society in which we live . |
| 12 | And my answer always was that I could not expect too much when I expected nothing at all for I never thought that anyone whom I could love , would stoop to love ME . |
| 13 | Well if they actually took the time to explain to you what went into those sausages , you probably would n't eat them at all , would you ? |
| 14 | All received reduced winter wages with eleven given nothing at all . |
| 15 | It 's this terrible pseudo-rational nagging by just carrying on normally , as if she were n't nagging me at all . |
| 16 | And Fleischmann received a fax from Harwell and learned that they were seeing nothing at all . |
| 17 | Similarly , we could postulate some alien being capable of seeing nothing at all in the range of wavelengths we call ‘ light ’ but able to see a whole range of colours in the ultraviolet or infrared . |
| 18 | ‘ Why should you trust me at all ? |
| 19 | Inevitably , I noted these criticisms were rarely in relation to what he had said ( few had actually read the book ) , but rather were expressions of shocked outrage that he had failed to keep silent and say nothing at all . |
| 20 | And to the normal layman that sounds better than not say nothing at all . |
| 21 | I believe I say nothing at all . |
| 22 | A whole lot in the council houses the distillery I do n't know them at all . |
| 23 | He awkwardly unlocked the door and carried her to the sofa , laying her down as though she weighed nothing at all . |
| 24 | Still smiling from her thoughts , she placed her hands on his broad , muscular shoulders , feeling the strength of his hands lifting down her body as if it weighed nothing at all . |
| 25 | Jenna began awkwardly , and he suddenly gave a shout of laughter , vaulting the fence and then reaching to lift her over as if she weighed nothing at all . |
| 26 | He flung the guitar on to a chair , and bent down to pick Shelley up bodily instead , lifting her as though she weighed nothing at all . |
| 27 | ‘ Although someone supervises me at all times , I handle all my cases myself . |
| 28 | I do not see much to encourage me at all , but this does not worry me for it could be much later when they arrive , after I have left for home . |
| 29 | ‘ The fact that in saying that you clearly mean to reassure me , ’ said Lydia , ‘ shows that you do not know me at all well . |
| 30 | ‘ You do n't know me at all , ’ said Constance . |