Example sentences of "[prep] least [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if a strange person is walking up the driveway with intention of breaking in at least somebody may notice it . |
| 2 | ‘ If he comes running out , ’ said Georgiades , ‘ at least they 'll see him now . |
| 3 | At least they may tell me so . |
| 4 | I mean they at least they could pick you up cos they 'd had the log book . |
| 5 | But at least they could frighten him , show him that the Scots would never forget nor forgive what he had done , that he would never be safe anywhere near Scotland . |
| 6 | Part of the reason for that is because sometimes even the press gets it wrong , or at least we used to get it wrong . |
| 7 | But at least we can express them all when we make love , release them in a fierce cross-current , emotional , mental and physical unity . ’ |
| 8 | Well , we have er W W F , the World Wide Fund for Nature has two hundred and seventy five projects already up and running er in rainforest areas of the world , and there are constant demands for more projects to be undertaken , and of course , all this costs money ; for men , machinery , equipment er and persuading governments , talking to people to make sure that we , if we ca n't halt this devastating destruction of rainforests , at least we can slow it down . |
| 9 | We ca n't give her what she really wants , poor girl , but at least we can make her look pretty . |
| 10 | Well at least we can plan it for the week then . |
| 11 | At least we can induce it artificially , and I know it works now , too . ’ |
| 12 | there we are , at least we can see him when he sort of reads his will . |
| 13 | Our supporters were vastly outnumbered but at least we could hear them . |
| 14 | Sometimes I wish they was all youngsters again , at least yer could put 'em ter bed an' know where they all were . ’ |
| 15 | She doubted if Williams were a major player — even on the telephone , he sounded a loser — but at least he might tell her who had put him up to it . |
| 16 | He was not the most welcoming of hosts , alarmed at the thought of what one thousand men and horses could do to his winter 's supplies and forage ; but at least he could tell them that a large mounted party had indeed passed this way two days previously and had turned off out of this main Yarrow valley southwards , to climb by Altrieve to the high pass of Tushielaw , which would take them to the Ettrick valley . |
| 17 | At least he could tell them I 'm alive and all right . |
| 18 | Steven decided that if he could n't come up with a definitive artistic statement to impress the grown-ups , then at least he could impress them with the definitive bank statement . |
| 19 | Oh well , at least he should give her something . |
| 20 | If she was really too old to cure herself of facetious thoughts , at least she could bite them back from the tip of her tongue . |
| 21 | If she could not consume them at least she could hold them . |
| 22 | The dark gaze looked back at her , hard to decipher , though at least she could see he did not appear to be joking . |
| 23 | There 'll be twenty people at least who could swear he was working at the time . |
| 24 | Watch out for it on the ski slopes — if red is the choice , at least you 'll see it coming ! |
| 25 | But I knew I could trust you , and that at least you would believe me . |
| 26 | He was appalling to both sides at least you can give him that . |
| 27 | When it comes to mixing the colours it 's totally different from mixing paints — but at least you can leave it for a while and come back to it later . ’ |
| 28 | Mind you I suppose out of a catalogue it 's at least you can feel them and see them all that . |
| 29 | And there 's a lo there 's a whole industry built up about inheritance tax planning where you actually write something in trust for your dependents , and er that 's simple in that if you 're in good health now , you can write say a twenty thousand pounds inheritance tax cover , under trust for your children so that 's paid outside the estate , it does n't make the matters worse , and mo most conveniently at retirement it 's simple to do because you might pay it on an annual premium or a regular monthly premium , and it might cost you twenty or thirty pounds a month , but at least you can forget it then . |
| 30 | I 'm not asking you to help me , but at least you can let me get on with things instead of badgering me the whole time . |