Example sentences of "least [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I get lost , at least I sha n't lose other people . ’ |
| 2 | She felt a frisson of gratitude at his thoughtfulness ; then , reminded absurdly of Ethel ( who had not so much wanted to be a bridesmaid , as to be asked ) : It is not that I look forward to it , she thought , if Frank was anything to go by , but at least I would expect to be , tonight , a little irresistible … |
| 3 | If only real hands could shape my contours , then at least I would know that they were still there . |
| 4 | It was not as good as being a governess in an important family , but at least I would have no master . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I might as well have had that shower , she thought drily ; at least I would have felt a hundred times more human . |
| 7 | At least I wo n't have to pawn myself every day to hsiao jen like this pig-brained cretin here ! ’ |
| 8 | At least I 'll be able to have lunch first and not be munching my sandwich in a traffic jam . |
| 9 | As one young woman I spoke to put it : ‘ I thought at least I 'll be going to a place where these people are not my parents so they wo n't be able to put a hand on me . ’ |
| 10 | She circled three times , then thought to herself , ‘ Maybe I should just take any exit — at least I 'll be heading somewhere . ’ |
| 11 | Thorstvedt said : ‘ If they throw me out , at least I 'll be thrown out smiling . |
| 12 | I cried and cried and I memorised my passport number , 'cause I thought , ‘ If I lose everything , at least I 'll still be able to get home . ’ |
| 13 | If they can get me down in black and white at least I 'll have my say , ’ he said . |
| 14 | At least I 'll have to be able to give some reason why I suspected him . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Well , at least I 'll be able to get changed once we get back . ’ |
| 16 | At least I 'll try to armed with the facts . |
| 17 | ‘ At least I 'll be able to see what I 'm doing . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ At least I 'll say this for Doreen — there 's no deceit about her . |
| 19 | At least I 'll get a ticket for the Republic match — I 've got one of the special tickets ! |
| 20 | ‘ Well at least I 'll get them into the kitchen for you , I ca n't leave you with all this mess , can I Chrissy ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ At least I 'll be able to have a cigarette down there . ’ |
| 22 | At least I 'll be able to tell you where she came from . |
| 23 | ‘ Produce your bit of paper , ’ he rapped out , ‘ and , although I wo n't go so far as to give your eventual marriage my blessing , at least I 'll let it run its natural course . |
| 24 | So , I shall do it when they 've gone home and then I 'll , at least I 'll know , that it wo n't it wo n't be being undone . |
| 25 | That 's why I sa that 's why I told them the weekend I thought at least I 'll have something sha n't I ? |
| 26 | At least I 'll give you , who 's gon na bet |
| 27 | At least I ca n't be done for being drunk in charge of a setter . ’ |
| 28 | At least I shall miss all that for a couple of hours or so . |
| 29 | ‘ At least I shall be doing something to bring the murderer to justice . ’ |
| 30 | At least I shall be doing something useful . " |