Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] least [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The secretaries were determined that somebody at least should make use of them , and there was much pressure put on me to do so . |
| 2 | I have done little to remedy that myself , except to fall back on the preferred notion of level , which at least can begin to explicate how things can be reached by effort at some times but not others . |
| 3 | Brother workmen cease your labour , Lay your files and hammers by , Listen while a brother neighbour Sings a cutlers destiny ; How upon a good Saint Monday , Sitting by the smithy fire Telling what 's been done o' t'Sunday And in cheerful mirth conspire The cutler 's wife enters and indicates , by reference to her ragged attire , that she at least would welcome a little less leisure preference and a little more consumer response to monetary incentive . |
| 4 | No matter who else gets out of their depth or loses track of what is being attempted , you at least must retain a clear view of the task . |
| 5 | ‘ Draco , you will write out the Codex Fidelitatis forty times , then you at least will possess the correct vocabulary ! ’ |
| 6 | you at least can keep up with what he 's doing because you can see |
| 7 | It was probably the only way he could get one , she thought waspishly ; the law of averages no doubt decreed that one at least would believe him , and how on earth could he want her when he 'd said all those terrible things to her ? |
| 8 | The bond that accompanies sexual pairing is real and strong and when two people who have been bonded in this way break up , one at least may feel great grief and hurt . |
| 9 | I 'm certain they at least would refuse a second slice of cake . |
| 10 | Mr Spedding said he at least would continue the tradition , ‘ while I am able to stagger up the stairs ’ . |
| 11 | He at least would go free . |
| 12 | In contrast with their younger counterparts , some of whom at least could hope realistically for the possibility of promotion , the older field men have little ambition , though they retain some sense of mission . |
| 13 | Erm , this management letter was distributed er , to all of us , so I suppose some of us at least will have read it . |