Example sentences of "but [prep] least you [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may not take you via many of the islands which Wallace visited , but at least you 'll arrive . |
| 2 | You , D , obviously are n't sure you like her very much , but at least you 'll admit that she is trying to raise awareness about important issues , like Mr Dylan , when he was alive . |
| 3 | No I am grateful to Mr because he 's finally crystallised in my mind something that 's been bugging me the longer I stay on this council about exactly what the Tories see their role here as and it 's now very clear to me , more than ever and that is that if you want to be obstructive and negative and if you go on long enough being obstructive and negative what you can end up doing is that you 'll find yourself eventually in a position going on long enough that you can make totally meaningless speeches but at least you 'll get nice headlines in the paper and that seems to me the whole essence of the Tory strategy . |
| 4 | Your work wo n't always fit into these ideal time slots , but at least you 'll know why you 're less productive at other times . |
| 5 | But at least you 'll have tried . |
| 6 | Nearly always some compromise can be reached with the vendor , depending on whether it is a buyer 's or a seller 's market , but at least you will have the satisfaction of knowing that you 've been through everything with a fine tooth comb , that you 've done the best you possibly can and know what you are letting yourself in for ! |
| 7 | But at least you will have attempted the required number of questions . |
| 8 | The story of your species will become a kind of Möbius strip , but at least you will have had a role in it , Dr Sigmoid . ’ |
| 9 | If you are still anti-bat , so be it , but at least you will have come to an informed conclusion . |
| 10 | Some will be lovely and you will wish to savour them ; others may be pretty dreadful — but at least you will know what to avoid . |
| 11 | When it comes to mixing the colours it 's totally different from mixing paints — but at least you can leave it for a while and come back to it later . ’ |
| 12 | And there 's a lo there 's a whole industry built up about inheritance tax planning where you actually write something in trust for your dependents , and er that 's simple in that if you 're in good health now , you can write say a twenty thousand pounds inheritance tax cover , under trust for your children so that 's paid outside the estate , it does n't make the matters worse , and mo most conveniently at retirement it 's simple to do because you might pay it on an annual premium or a regular monthly premium , and it might cost you twenty or thirty pounds a month , but at least you can forget it then . |
| 13 | The solos still grate , but at least you can get the beers in at this point without fear of missing anything serious — although Hammett has included an axe-trashing coda to his widdly-widdly section ; that 's what you get for hanging out with Nirvana . |
| 14 | but at least you can get |
| 15 | I 'm not asking you to help me , but at least you can let me get on with things instead of badgering me the whole time . |
| 16 | You can spend quite a lot of time subsequently getting the machine configured just as you want it but at least you can relax in the knowledge that it all works and the difficult part of the upgrade is well and truly over . |