Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] least [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 Honecker begs in vain , then finally asks : ‘ Can I at least leave my luggage here for a bit ? ’
2 ‘ Can I at least lock up ? ’
3 ‘ Could I at least ask a few questions ? ’
4 Those bubbles were no more free than she was — yet did n't she at least have a choice ?
5 Your clothes wo n't be dry for a while yet ; ca n't you at least meet me halfway ? ’
6 Denise said oh could n't you at least wash it ?
7 could n't you at least wash it ?
8 If you had to give a phoney address , could n't you at least have picked something that did n't have a remote basis in reality ?
9 ‘ Could n't you at least have knocked first ? ’ she said mildly .
10 Why did n't you at least try to resuscitate her , give her the kiss of life ?
11 ‘ Could n't you at least wait until halftime so we could discuss our communication problem ? ’
12 ‘ Will you at least let me walk you down to the station ? ’
13 ‘ Ca n't you at least let me go ? ’
14 As the Government , with their policies of dividing society , have been responsible for the breakdown in law and order , can not we at least expect bobbies back on the beat to protect us ?
15 Ca n't we at least suppose that we might have the same experience on the Sun ? ’
16 Ca n't we at least suppose that we might have the same experience on the Sun ? ’
17 Ca n't we at least suppose that others have the same experience ? ’
18 ‘ May we at least look ? ’ said Roland , imagining perhaps a hidden drawer , and at the same time uncomfortably aware of the laundry lists in Northanger Abbey .
19 ‘ Doctor , ’ Bernice almost wailed , ‘ ca n't we at least use the TARDIS to get out of this maze ?
20 ‘ Do we at least have time for a … coffee ? ’
21 ‘ Can we at least get some fresh clothes to him ?
22 Ca n't they at least bring pressure for control ? ’
23 Now if you get a situation like that I mean the key question is do people actually want to change in this kind of way , or would they at least like to sort of experiment a little bit in the way they handle a group of children ?
24 If the Government are not prepared to abolish that most ineffective policy , will they at least consider flexibility in the application of the rules , taking particular account of men who are kept on shore because of bad weather or boat maintenance ?
25 Would it at least give a categorical assurance and preferably in this House and now that the British Library will be given the opportunity to raise funds to purchase the land itself so that the future development of that library will be possible .
26 Does he at least recognise that there is a particular difficulty for outer London and the south-east where property values are high and where disposable incomes may not be commensurately great ?
27 If he can not accept it , can he at least dispatch a team of Scottish Office officials to see matters on the ground and report back to the Scottish Office on the grim situation faced by the islands ?
28 Will he at least allow them the cost of paying childminders ?
29 Let us at least begin the exposition of Wittgenstein with some things which everyone knows and must admit .
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