Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] at least a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trial was expected to last at least a year . |
| 2 | These are so popular that you will need to book at least a couple of months in advance . |
| 3 | Well if we do a stall I would really like to have at least a leaflet on new recycling . |
| 4 | " And I win over you in one way — I 'm going to have at least a weekend in Joanna . |
| 5 | On the Saturdays I would scrub the kitchen floor , black and polish the kitchen grate , and polish the knives , so that my mother could have a little rest on her return from several hours cleaning , sometimes having to walk at least a mile to her regular place of work . |
| 6 | HP seems to have at least a couple of options : an immediate Thunderbird response , levelling the playing field with Sun right now — with ships in October — or a big splash in the Autumn , with immediate deliveries . |
| 7 | But before he 's even fit enough to be flown home , doctors say he 'll have to spend at least a fortnight in hospital . |
| 8 | The development of a GIS capable of storing and manipulating the volumes of data required for a global research programme is still some way off , but smaller GIS have been used to attempt to provide at least a beginning . |
| 9 | Finally , resolved to find at least a change of heat , I went on to Khartoum , which had the merit at least of being dry in contrast to the swelter up north . |
| 10 | She had to get her hands back on the reins , had to re-establish at least a degree of control over her own life . |
| 11 | In the meantime , however , the Cubans sought to gain at least a breathing space by making a little known but highly significant approach to the United States . |
| 12 | ‘ You must have thought you 'd brought enough work to last at least a couple of days . |
| 13 | And this is why any new owner is strongly advised to have at least a safety inspection of the system carried out immediately on moving in . |
| 14 | Now if Hereford are to build on last week 's success they need to get at least a draw at Gigg lane . |
| 15 | It is not a place you can just go to for the day and therefore you need to spend at least a couple of days getting there overnight , coming back again and er , for a family of four I calculate that even taking one 's own car across the Channel , the average cost for a family of four , is of the order of five or six hundred pounds . |
| 16 | In particular consider time limits — both for enacting and for advising , perhaps the performers have to spend at least a minute improvising before they can request advice . |