Example sentences of "[prep] least [pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least they 'll die happy wo n't they ? |
| 2 | ‘ At least we 'll die knowledgeable . ’ |
| 3 | At least we should reduce those frustrating obstacles to obtaining services that are readily available to others , particularly those ‘ attitudinal obstacles ’ mentioned by Margaret Marshall ( 1981 , p.66 ) . |
| 4 | Perhaps I could intervene and try to establish a view on vacancies , so at least we can get one element of out |
| 5 | At least he would have hot water that night when he returned home — if he had the time to return home . |
| 6 | He had taken some comfort from the fact that he had been the last man to board the cage , so at least he could watch Yorky and the others exit , before his turn came . |
| 7 | at least she 'll come smart |
| 8 | It was , Jane had complained , a foul little suite of rooms , but at least she would make sure they held no risk of contagion . |
| 9 | If she never sees again , ’ he added fiercely , ‘ at least she will have this , something that few can do with brilliance . |
| 10 | At least she could take some comfort from the fact that Rune Christensen was also in the hunt . |
| 11 | Alright he 's probably blindfolded her after that , but at least she should have some kind of er |
| 12 | ‘ At least you 'll look most elegant while acting as hostess in the office today . |
| 13 | At least you 'll have enough light to return , even if you 've worn your legs down to a stump . |
| 14 | No I am grateful to Mr because he 's finally crystallised in my mind something that 's been bugging me the longer I stay on this council about exactly what the Tories see their role here as and it 's now very clear to me , more than ever and that is that if you want to be obstructive and negative and if you go on long enough being obstructive and negative what you can end up doing is that you 'll find yourself eventually in a position going on long enough that you can make totally meaningless speeches but at least you 'll get nice headlines in the paper and that seems to me the whole essence of the Tory strategy . |
| 15 | Well I have got , at least you 'll get some of these , these , these are all Christmas questions . |
| 16 | At least you would earn more than you are now . ’ |
| 17 | I said because at least you could have some nude men for me ! |
| 18 | In LA at least you can take basic precautions , like constantly looking over your shoulder and locking your car up . ’ |
| 19 | Well do n't worry , at least you can have some food and you wo n't be hungry in the double out . |
| 20 | ‘ At least I 'll say this for Doreen — there 's no deceit about her . |
| 21 | At least I shall miss all that for a couple of hours or so . |
| 22 | ‘ Just make sure , ’ she continued imperiously , ‘ that you only work until five o'clock , so that at least I can have some privacy in the evenings . ’ |
| 23 | So I said well you know , I ca n't just wind it up over the next six months , I said er what I wan na do I said is erm I got ta carry it on for that transit for that Orion till I finished anyway so it 's got ta go another year so I said well what I 'm feeling about doing I said is er just sort of keeping a finger in the pie I said , he said , if I 'd said tomorrow , if I had finished the whole the tomorrow I 've got ta buy a car I can buy it finance so I 'm gon na get no tax relief on the H P I get no depreciation no nothing like that I said so at least if I still self employed I can if I have the sort of two or three vehicles or whatever three , four , five vehicles but I said at least I can have some erm and I can then sort of they would be more utilised , where as I said at the moment we got more vehicles than we really need to keep full capacity so he said yeah , yeah fair enough then . |
| 24 | Yeah I spelt it wrong I said at least I can put another N on it . |
| 25 | At least it would stop this dreadful speculation . ’ |
| 26 | Since the swells were still partially coming over the reef and the wind holding at 15–20 knots , we also set the CQR down once again and streamed out 120ft ( 36m ) of ⅜″ chain : at least it would provide additional weight on the bottom , and should we drag we would hear the chain scraping over the rocks . |