Example sentences of "[to-vb] [indef pn] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if the committee of the CICCU be taxed with bringing in someone who did not fit the undergraduates of a university , it might be replied , first that they were desperate to find someone at short notice , and secondly , was it desirable that a missioner should fit the undergraduates ? |
| 2 | Be warned though , it does n't work on all PC speakers — there are one or two in the office that emit a sound of some sort , but so quietly that you need a hearing aid to catch anything at all . |
| 3 | The second defect is that the suggestion is too strong and is likely to make it impossible for any of us to know anything at all . |
| 4 | And it is not possible for us to know anything at all about him unless he is generous enough to disclose himself Another book in this series has tackled the question of revelation ; suffice it to say at this point that without revelation we can not say anything about the Lord who is Spirit . |
| 5 | Indeed , she walked so far and so long that she was too tired to write anything at all upon her return and did not in fact send a reply until the following day . |
| 6 | We , and others , recommend that a sample should be obtained after one hour for both routes and are pleased to receive one at all , for it immediately involves the medical microbiologist in the care of the patient , and close cooperation is important . |
| 7 | I retained a friendship for George Brown , although he regarded me with rather dubious approval because of my omission to drink anything at any dinner party . |
| 8 | In many cases they are not able to remember anything at all about the earlier incidents and so all they have are those inner feelings with nothing to counteract them . |
| 9 | McGiven said : ‘ I 'd like to think we 've improved since then , but on his day Le Tissier is virtually unplayable and able to create anything at any time . ’ |
| 10 | It was a good system for everyone except the artist , who was frequently offered a low rate for the job , then had his payment deferred , and sometimes had to battle for months to receive anything at all . |
| 11 | When information technology users are in doubt about what to buy , who to buy it from , and whether or not they can afford it , they are apt to buy nothing at all . |
| 12 | The surprising thing is that Russian companies choose to repatriate anything at all , officially . |
| 13 | If you 're lucky enough to see one at all it will slither off to find a more peaceful rock to sleep under , and since as yet they have n't organised themselves into packs , roaming around looking for people to bite , we can safely say that there 's nothing you will encounter that threatens humans in any way . |
| 14 | It was not unusual for young ladies to do nothing at all ; unless they occupied themselves with Berlin woolwork or the making of shell boxes , there was practically nothing genteel to do . |
| 15 | They begin to assume that their ageing parents are never satisfied , and may eventually conclude that it might be better to do nothing at all for them . |
| 16 | Conclude : ‘ It is better to waste your old age than to do nothing at all with it . ’ |
| 17 | Nenna might have added to her list of things that men do better than women their ability to do nothing at all in an unhurried manner . |
| 18 | Since our son found maths difficult he had , quite understandably , decided that it was easier to do none at all — and had got away with it for over six weeks . |
| 19 | Presumably you have to feel that strongly to do anything at all . |
| 20 | At last he saw that , if he was ever to eliminate his old habits , then he must refuse to do anything at all until he had given himself the directions . |
| 21 | ‘ Frankly , it does n't appear to do anything at all , but the other two call it the Senior Partner . ’ |
| 22 | Her mother described her as a dog waiting for the next command , and all she wanted to do was hold out her arms and say ‘ Come here ’ , but she was completely powerless to do anything at all . |
| 23 | But no-one says anything about what to do , or whether to do anything at all , when you simply do n't miss it . ’ |
| 24 | Agreement on this suggestion would bring the meeting to a close , and most of those present would not have to do anything at all about the wretched book . |
| 25 | For a start , anyone with an existing Section 226 policy has no need , unless they wish to alter their arrangements , to do anything at all . |
| 26 | To do anything at all would be to risk exposure . |
| 27 | When she went out later she was too annoyed to do anything at all but roam around fuming . |
| 28 | Or you 're likely not to be able to do anything at all . |
| 29 | manual worker — prepared to do anything at any time at very short notice regardless of what is in the oven ; |
| 30 | But Mr Reynolds declared : ‘ Our first priority is to get all parties around the table , and we would not want to do anything at this stage that might hinder the process . |