Example sentences of "at [adv] [pers pn] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The petitions had little or no effect but at least they afforded some sense of involvement in what was going on . |
| 2 | The other six people all used this same excuse , but at least they had some hair to wash . |
| 3 | At least they won both Tests in New Zealand . |
| 4 | At least we had each other . |
| 5 | At least he got one thing right |
| 6 | Hannah may have gone without most of the comforts that people take for granted , but at least she had emotional warmth and stability , wrapped as she was in the cocoon of a caring family — her mother , her grandparents , and for a little time her tragic father , all around her . |
| 7 | At least she had one thing to be thankful for , she consoled herself , seeing Veronica into a taxi in the Aldwych : she was in no doubt at all that Veronica would be in touch again . |
| 8 | the position of our doors are attached to the system is the fire exit 's actually blocked , by fire and that 's their only exit at least you got some opportunity to . |
| 9 | But at least I got this file sorted out . |
| 10 | I wore a suit that Mary had seen in a second-hand shop in Paris and insisted I bought so that at least I had one outfit I could put on for interviews without worrying whether it looked OK or not . |
| 11 | This was a shadowy body with few supporters but at least it represented definite opposition to the Japanese presence . |
| 12 | If such propitiation did not result in the sewing-up of any chinks , at least it stopped new chinks from showing through . |
| 13 | The society 's earlier style of spelling reform was certainly difficult , cumbersome and ludicrous in appearance ; but at least it provided consistent digraphs ( that is , pairs of letters for single sounds ) to replace the traditional ambiguous digraphs sh , th , aw , oo . |
| 14 | At least it started that way , then the sharkskin dress was rubbing against me and other things began to seem far away . |