Example sentences of "[pers pn] at [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they also know they can give you at least a bit of a chance . ’ |
| 2 | Termination of the agreement by the HP finance company if the consumer stopped paying was allowed only if he had disregarded a default notice allowing him at least a week to pay up . |
| 3 | The young receptionist gave no hint of recognition , even though she had seen him at least a dozen times before . |
| 4 | " Take him at least a hundred meters into the jungle , " he yelled as he swung the cane across their shoulders one last time to urge them in among the trees . |
| 5 | Literally hours before the Shah was about to be bundled off to South Africa , the Rockefeller-Kissinger connection had finally found him at least a temporary haven — the Bahamas . |
| 6 | She owed him at least a chance to explain , and decided to drop into his offices on her way to the shop . |
| 7 | This experience gave him at least a chance of succeeding in the Caucasus . |
| 8 | I could not help smiling at this ; thinking it at least a very bold Attempt from a Person in her Situation . |
| 9 | Nevertheless the influence of Parliament in this respect could be considerable and the need to give it at least a certain amount of information about foreign affairs could hardly be avoided . |
| 10 | You are likely to need to modify it at least a little as it is American in origin . |
| 11 | And he , he possibly had done it at least a half a dozen times |
| 12 | That did nothing for County 's confidence , but they gradually began to exert a control that promised them at least a draw until Sansom 's unlucky deflection . |
| 13 | Although medieval students were often noisy and riotous , the aims of their travels were peaceful , and this sets them at least a certain distance apart from the crusaders . |
| 14 | Sometimes conditions could be even worse : Godwin , for example , describes a London court where ‘ the basement story of nearly all the houses was filled with foetid refuse , of which it had been the receptacle for years ’ , and one water barrel of 50 to 60 gallons is intended to serve two houses , containing between them at least a hundred people . |
| 15 | Then proceed to those that have still some way to go and take them at least a little further . |
| 16 | This just gives time for production and dispatch to members giving them at least a clear month before the next event . |