Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [pron] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Although someone supervises me at all times , I handle all my cases myself . |
| 2 | Some guys are n't going to be able to walk for a week — they 've got tattered feet , but er nobody begrudges it , nobody begrudges it at all . |
| 3 | At worst we can now doubt for reasons which are purely moral , spiritual or psychological , as in the case of someone who is incurably suspicious , a problem which has nothing at all to do with epistemology . |
| 4 | Have you ever been working on a program late at night that throws up error codes with a number such as ‘ ERROR CODE 201 ’ which means nothing at all to you . |
| 5 | Remember that you are always in control , and if there is anything which makes you at all anxious , all you have to do is open your eyes and it is all over . |
| 6 | Quite where the jobs are going and who does what at this stage I 'm not sure now we 're UNISON . |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't imagine she likes it at all , ’ said Mr Aycliffe 's level voice from the library doorway . |
| 8 | In this sense , the definition of standards and routines can be seen as a defensive process : the housewife is defending herself against the allegation that she does nothing at all . |
| 9 | She does it at that desk and I 'll think she 's writing letters . ’ |
| 10 | Rightly speaking , this is not the Soldier 's tale at all but the Devil 's , for it is he who controls everyone at all times , playing with them like pawns in his game , a game of wrecking and destroying , of interference and final triumph . |
| 11 | There seems nothing at all strange about the Church , which paid the salaries of these men and expected them to serve it , considering the question of whether or not they should be able to engage in an activity which , no matter how acceptable , would have diverted them from their main task . |
| 12 | ‘ No , ’ said Aline , suddenly serious , ‘ it is only that the step from perfectly ordinary things into the miraculous seems to me so small , almost accidental , that I wonder why it astonishes you at all , or why you trouble to reason about it . |
| 13 | Although he may not agree with what I have said , and what I am about to say , he should at least extend to all of us the courtesy of sitting quietly in his seat , especially if he joins us at such a late time . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's now coming up for its 12,000 mile service , and does n't feel as though it needs it at all . |
| 15 | Erm he has nothing at all because he 's never been married to you . |
| 16 | It has nothing at all to do with ‘ being pretty ’ . |
| 17 | It has nothing at all to do with the cure of Legion . |
| 18 | He says it has nothing at all to do with underfunding . |
| 19 | The terms of this argument repeat exactly those of the critical debate about univocal meaning , according to which the only alternative to the idea that history has a single meaning must be that it has none at all . |
| 20 | and they 've got it in but it wants it at different times does n't it ? |
| 21 | ‘ He looks better , it 's true , but some days he eats nothing at all , and other days he eats just like a healthy boy . |
| 22 | Is the fallacy bound to be present whenever anyone says anything at all of the sort ‘ good is … ’ , meaning to offer a definition ? |
| 23 | So , from the dominant parliamentary perspective the Left takes the British constitution for granted as a good thing , and from the insurrectionary perspective the Left sees the British constitution ( if it sees it at all ) as beyond the pale of reasoned consideration and change . |
| 24 | He said , ‘ If it reassures you at all , I 'm not Drugs Squad and I 'm not Special Branch . |
| 25 | To hell with it , I 'll go down fighting , it will break me on my terms if it breaks me at all . |
| 26 | I think on balance I mi I my advice is that we do nothing , just wait and see if whether he contacts you at all . |
| 27 | So he gets it at four quid but |
| 28 | Seven minutes is what it takes me at this time in the evening ; eight , sometimes nine , coming the opposite way in the morning , to allow for waits at the two pedestrian crossings and the crowds coming out of the station . |
| 29 | Eventually he finds himself at 500 feet , unable to see a good field ahead , unable to remember the wind direction , and trying to select a field with very little choice . |
| 30 | Now both the West Oxfordshire District Council and the Chipping Norton Parish Council erm voted overwhelmingly against this proposed scheme , and the fact that they 've put these recommendations to the County Council erm can I ask the three County Councillors present erm it means nothing at all from your point of view ? |