Example sentences of "[v-ing] [indef pn] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Fleischmann received a fax from Harwell and learned that they were seeing nothing at all . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | A brand-new Tavern , redolent of fresh mortar and size , and fronting nothing at all , had taken for its sign The Rail way Arms ; but that might be rash enterprise — and then it hoped to sell drink to the workmen . |
| 4 | Ethical problems will surface , for no power-based organization likes to have its idiosyncrasies made public , and the anthropologist who is a member of the family and not merely a temporary visitor to the ‘ backyard ’ exotica can find that writing anything at all becomes crucially problematic . |
| 5 | The body came ashore into the grass with monstrous and majestic indifference , for the first time caring nothing at all what impression it made . |
| 6 | Now more people have a stake , with some owning far more than others and most owning none at all . |
| 7 | Having no really rich men , the community enjoyed a measure of equality , similar to Arden — the name of the forest in Warwickshire — where farms averaged just over 30 acres , with less than one in five exceeding 50 , and three-quarters of the land under grass ; farmers raised beef cattle for profit , and crops — rye , oats , barley and drage — for subsistence , some growing none at all . |
| 8 | She walked on and on , imagining herself utterly alone wearing nothing at all . |
| 9 | Though she was completely covered she might just as well have been wearing nothing at all . |
| 10 | ‘ Except for one other memorable occasion , of course — when you were wearing nothing at all . ’ |
| 11 | He had on the long white cloak which signified to the audience that he was wearing nothing at all . |
| 12 | A white dot is produced by printing nothing at all . |
| 13 | The police were expecting a peaceful demonstration , the demolition contractors were n't expecting one at all . |
| 14 | We have a backlog of sites awaiting shelters , but would give priority to providing one at this location if you consider that this would be helpful . |
| 15 | Not having a copy of Class War : Britain 's Most Unruly Tabloid to hand , and doubtful of getting one at short notice , I ask if he has the telephone number . |
| 16 | I was n't expecting anyone at all like you . ’ |
| 17 | Gaston , the committee man , who had been eyeing Ingrid the entire evening , trying to discern if she was wearing anything at all under the gold waistcoat , hurried over and pulled her to her feet . |
| 18 | As Mager has truthfully ( and unnervingly ) said : " If you are teaching skills that can not be evaluated , you are in the awkward position of being unable to demonstrate that you are teaching anything at all . " |
| 19 | You have another country along that coast , Nigeria , which has just got to the stage where it 's got through its forest and it 's not exporting anything at all , if anything it 's importing . |
| 20 | ‘ I am saying nothing at all , ’ she said . |
| 21 | Kraal could hardly believe his eyes as the Keeper carried Minch into the cage , and just stared in amazement , for once saying nothing at all . |
| 22 | For a moment she considered saying nothing at all — after all , he had refused to answer her questions . |
| 23 | She had n't gone far when Alain joined her , and he simply matched his pace to suit her own , saying nothing at all . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm saying nothing at all . |
| 25 | as if my whole life , he wrote , had been spent working at the glass and at the same time had been spent doing nothing at all . |
| 26 | May we try to do something to make other people 's lives happier and easier — even those people who seem to be doing nothing at all to help us . |
| 27 | Soldiers and diplomats who knew Yugoslavia well could make its complexities sound like an excuse for doing nothing at all . |
| 28 | Work is a good deal less boring than doing nothing at all . ’ |
| 29 | The measure ( Beasley et al. , 1989 ) samples how much time the individual handicapped person spends in various categories of behaviour : for example , time spent in leisure activities ; persona or self help type of skills ; using complex equipment ; other practical tasks or domestic chores ; work or formal educational activities ; going for walks ; in seclusion or time spent doing nothing at all . |
| 30 | I was still debating between taking you away from him , waiting for it to end anyway , or doing nothing at all — the last because I knew that if your reaction to me was purely physical , I could have you … but probably damage you emotionally . ’ |