Example sentences of "would [prep] least [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought I 'd at least get some sympathy from you , ’ Laura moaned , suddenly feeling that the whole world was against her . |
| 2 | You 'd think she 'd at least pick a female poet . |
| 3 | I thought you 'd at least ask the reasons … it would have been a chance to admit where things went wrong . |
| 4 | Why could n't Joe let her sit in the fireside armchair in the living-room so that she 'd at least have company ? |
| 5 | If he had to be shifted to Ireland , why could n't it have been Dublin where he 'd at least have been nearer to Elizabeth and might have managed to hop over to England more often . |
| 6 | I 'd ‘ a thought he 'd at least have the courtesy to send a pony and trap for me instead of expecting an old lady to walk all the way up to Handley Farm on such a frosty morning . ’ |
| 7 | Bonnie grumbled when Seb offered her ale , complaining that him ‘ being from London ’ she thought he 'd at least have a bottle of Holland 's in the house . |
| 8 | Have you , Mr. Speaker , had any intimation from Ministers that they intend to make a statement , today or in the very near future , that would at least enable the House to question Ministers about that meeting and to show that , even if Ministers have no solution to offer , the Opposition have ? |
| 9 | Worrying about clothing coupons would at least make Mama forget the invasion for a while . |
| 10 | Recalled sexual longings would at least make me feel we had not wasted our store of human essence needlessly . |
| 11 | One small comfort Gabriel took from this act of theft , this barbarous pillage : it would at least make Garvey feel sorry for him . |
| 12 | What she needed right now was something cool and elegant , something with poise and sophistication that would at least restore a fraction of her dignity . |
| 13 | If only the Government would finance the English system as generously as the Scottish , the UK would at least reach the ‘ seven per centers ’ . |
| 14 | For Jaq called to mind the fat , fussy majordomo and Lord Voronov-Vaux of the red vision — but not a bloodthirsty vision , and the great-eyed girl who had scampered from his bed , and all the survivors of the Genestealer uprising who had dolefully expected that their lives would at least continue after the disaster . |
| 15 | Getting moving here wo n't mitigate the despair ; but it would at least show some capacity to think beyond the sourly inescapable . |
| 16 | Getting moving here wo n't mitigate the despair ; but it would at least show some capacity to think beyond the sourly inescapable . |
| 17 | But it would at least ensure that Britain had a more broadly-educated elite — and more broadly-educated political leaders . |
| 18 | It is also fair to suggest that the Labour Party benefited from the rising unemployment of the 1920s for it claimed , successfully in the 1920s , that although it could not solve unemployment , which was a product of a capitalist society , it would at least ensure that the unemployed were guaranteed a level of benefits which would ensure healthy life . |
| 19 | It would be perfect for lunch in Paris and , although it was not really suitable for travelling , it would at least ensure that she looked as she ought for her reunion with Anthony . |
| 20 | There are studies by Japanese labour economists which suggest that if the US definition of unemployment were used in Japan , the unemployment percentage would at least double ( Tominomori 1985 ) . |
| 21 | But it would at least offer a chance of a positive political development . |
| 22 | Would it not be better either to move over to a ’ spoils ’ system — which would at least do away with all the hypocrisy , and would be more honest and open — or to appoint civil servants via a Select Committee , or through some other all-party approach ? |
| 23 | Such a convergence would at least involve the surrounding software . |
| 24 | We attended between us five workshops and found all of them lacking in a clear overall framework/direction which would at least set an agenda for future constructive discussion ( let alone action ) . |
| 25 | A latter-day Bradlaugh would at least avoid his predecessor 's problems with the oath . |
| 26 | Improvements in the overall forestry infrastructure , involving inventory acquisition through to logging , would at least go some way towards achieving better resource use . |
| 27 | Looking ahead , Mr Jordan said that he hoped the Chancellor would at least decide to retain the 40 per cent capital allowance in the autumn budget . |
| 28 | To banish the visions , Theda had thrown herself into work — work that would at least welcome Benedict home again to a house of warmth and light . |
| 29 | This would at least enumerate the problem is he now faced , and acquaint the Chancellor about his complete lack of progress . |
| 30 | In parliament there would be a carefully organized campaign of resistance that would at least slow the government down and raise Unionist morale . |