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Example sentences of "[prep] least you [vb mod] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Because then at least you might be able to write out a few more .
2	‘ Well , at least you 'll have someone to meet you at Euston , ’ Rose said softly to Maggie who already knew that she would be met .
3	You 'll have Oz , of course , but at least you 'll be able to choose where you go .
4	At least you 'll be able to choose where you go , Mum had said , giving her the day as a treat .
5	At least you 'll know where it 's snowing .
6	At least you 'll have enough light to return , even if you 've worn your legs down to a stump .
7	Better get it over with , her mind urges her exhausted body , then at least you 'll get a couple of hours sleep before dawn .
8	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 .
9	If you turn down the job you may feel even more upset — if you eventually have to resign , at least you 'll have tested out your resources .
10	Watch out for it on the ski slopes — if red is the choice , at least you 'll see it coming !
11	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 .
12	But at least you 'll have tried .
13	It may not take you via many of the islands which Wallace visited , but at least you 'll arrive .
14	‘ At least you 'll have a break , and who knows what could happen ?
15	This way , at least you 'll get the local ones at trade .
16	‘ At least you 'll look most elegant while acting as hostess in the office today .
17	‘ Well at least you 'll be able to tell her hand on heart you kept the faith , ’ said Mallachy .
18	Sure so at least you 'll know when I come back I 'm gon na ask you , thank you very much indeed .
19	At least you 'll be comfortable here . ’
20	The jeans 'll be a bit long and the jacket 'll drown you , but at least you 'll be protected a bit if we come off — oh , and I 've got a lid for you to try .
21	At least you 'll know exactly rather than sort of saying well
22	at least you 'll live in the land of luxury , so she said I might just do that , so , well I 'm not getting involved , let them sort it out
23	Well I have got , at least you 'll get some of these , these , these are all Christmas questions .
24	At least you 'll know what he meant by it .
25	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 .
26	One embarrassment at least you shall be spared .
27	What seems to happen there is the bird that 's deserted has to stay with the existing family because if he or she erm deserts , those chicks will , will , will die , so er it 's what is sometimes called the Concorde fallacy that if you put a lot of resources into something , you 've got ta see it through , because if you pull out just before the end you can lose everything , whereas i if , if you stay on even if you know it 's a failure , erm at least you may get something out of it , so the , in that case wi with monogamous birds the parent that 's deserted the one that 's left may have to stay , because if they desert then they can have no reproductive success whatsoever whereas at least if they stay they get something .
28	But at least you may be comfortable in your captivity . ’
29	At least you would earn more than you are now . ’
30	At least you would have to be a doctor to say so , and not a politician or an academic . )