Example sentences of "[prep] least it [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least it was in a courtroom , where in Perry Mason or LA Law the witnesses cracked and the truth came out ; at least it might sort out whether the central figure was hero or villain , and point to how far up the culpability went . |
| 2 | Just as dangerous , probably , but at least it might get the whole affair over with and , to some extent , I would be in charge of my own destiny . |
| 3 | At least it might help to mitigate the boredom . |
| 4 | At least it might have done if its launch had n't been followed two days later by the scandalous sentencing of drink-driver Christopher Hart . |
| 5 | Working through committees may provide opportunities for a form of participation in decision-making in an institution ( a cynical view would be that at least it may give the illusion of this ) , but by their nature committees can be introspective and restricted in their outlook . |
| 6 | One mother ( the widow of a lamplighter ) was a machinist at a printer 's ( bookbinding ? ) , and in this case at least it may have been the mother who introduced her daughter to the trade . |
| 7 | At least it may allow the client to do some local shopping or allow a child more space outside . |
| 8 | If Damian Flint takes it over — at least it 'll end the war . ’ |
| 9 | " Take these ; an annotated Gray 's Anatomy , some Freud — at least it 'll prove you were here for a reason if nothing else . " |
| 10 | She hated being the centre of attention , but at least it would serve to stir up an interest in her business . |
| 11 | The crime might not be serious , but at least it would lead to a line of enquiry . |
| 12 | At least it would end the awful suspense . |
| 13 | At least it would stop this dreadful speculation . ’ |
| 14 | The process of report and interrogation took quite a time , and Rostov began to suspect that if he and the others were to be subjected to some form of tribunal before their fate was decided , then at least it would pass for a fair one . |
| 15 | That would n't be time enough to think but at least it would give me a chance to calm down . |
| 16 | At least it would give them some idea , at least they would now understand how things were . |
| 17 | It would never get rid of the damned things permanently but at least it would give the Ryans a breathing space . |
| 18 | But at least it would give us some because you could say well yes , there has been progress , erm primary school might have said |
| 19 | At least it would give her the opportunity to make a start on her copious notes . |
| 20 | At least it would give her more time to recover . |
| 21 | At least it would give her the chance to judge his side of the story . |
| 22 | At least it would give us some sort of contact . |
| 23 | His would not have been the only provincial accent to assail the ears of Londoners at the time , but at least it would have lent his speech a touch of bucolic appeal , with its rolling Somerset post-vocalic ‘ r ’ sounds and a liberal sprinkling of ‘ v 's for ‘ f's and ‘ z's for ‘ S'S . |
| 24 | It was a macabre sight , strongly reminiscent of a scene from a TV western — or at least it would have been . |
| 25 | She would have refused him of course , but at least it would have shown that he still admired her . |
| 26 | At least it would have given me the prospect of seeing Mary Shelley again . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | This wacky space-chick might not be everybody 's dream girl-who-fell-to-earth but at least it should allow Basinger to finally shake off the bruised sex-kitten image she 's been saddled with ever since Mickey Rourke emptied his weekly grocery shopping all over her body in the designer sex-romp 9/2 Weeks . |
| 29 | All three spoke as though the moment were of no real consequence , but I know that for Mother and for O at least it must have been a strange and moving moment . |
| 30 | " Well , if you do have to leave here , at least it will give you an excuse to live on your own , if that 's what you want . " |