Example sentences of "at [adv] [pron] would [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the incoming Conservative Government had not swept them away at once it would today seem no less difficult to abolish the ‘ social service , of subsidised food than the ‘ social service ’ of subsidised housing . |
| 2 | If Levitation dropped at least three songs from their set tonight they could have been dynamically interesting instead of sparsely tedious , but at least they would n't get invites to a House Of Love musical appreciation party . |
| 3 | At least they would not suffer . |
| 4 | There at least they would not have to see and hear the effect of the blows as clearly as those in front . |
| 5 | At least it would give them some idea , at least they would now understand how things were . |
| 6 | At least he would then have been able to understand it . |
| 7 | At least she would finally know the truth . |
| 8 | At least she would n't run the risk of bumping into Julius in the shower . |
| 9 | At least she would n't have far to go home if the evening turned into an unmitigated disaster , with him weeping drunken tears and slobbering all over her shoes while he told her the sad story of his life . |
| 10 | Then at least she would n't have to endure the scathing comments of Mr Luke-perfect-Crawford down there . |
| 11 | What if he had n't left yet — she could ring him and tell him she 'd chickened out , and he could flap his wings and tease her but at least she would n't have to — oh , hell , here he is , she thought , and watched as the huge bike rolled to a halt and he switched off the engine and hauled it up on the stand . |
| 12 | She might live to rue this impetuous decision , but at least she 'd never look back with regret on what might have been if only she 'd had the courage to dare . |
| 13 | You 'd end up dead anyway , but at least you would n't end up dead and out of breath as well . |
| 14 | But he was a very very kindly man and er he introduced erm me to a lot of things which I would n't otherwise have erm been able to do , or at least I would n't have g had the erm , been invited to do . |
| 15 | At least I 'd only have been wrong once ! |
| 16 | Andrew Jones comments : ‘ If you are looking from outside Europe at where you would logically base your European holding company , the UK does n't even rate a mention . |