Example sentences of "[prep] least ask " in BNC.
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| 1 | With staff costs amounting to about 70 per cent of the annual budget , any moderately competent company would at least ask whether this proportion was justified . |
| 2 | I thought you 'd at least ask the reasons … it would have been a chance to admit where things went wrong . |
| 3 | Furthermore , perhaps we should at least ask whether cremation is not really for the convenience of public health , efficiency , and land conservation rather than for people . |
| 4 | An organised childminder may well ask you to complete a form giving such relevant details , and should at least ask you for them . |
| 5 | " You might at least ask him to go and make his own baby 's bottle , " said Clelia . |
| 6 | ‘ Could I at least ask a few questions ? ’ |
| 7 | Before the Secretary of State rattles on yet again about European figures , our minimum wage policy and our alleged doom and gloom , and as he has proved himself completely unable to say anything constructive , will he today at least ask the Prime Minister to chuck it in now , call an election and let us get on with the job ? |
| 8 | ‘ I could at least ask them . ’ |