Example sentences of "then [prep] least [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then at least we would avoid the congestion of bus traffic along there and if townbound traffic was limited to one stop on the museum side of Tubwell Row instead of two stops in 100 yards we might get somewhere in more senses than one . |
| 2 | Yes , look , we 'll do that , and then at least we sha n't go round in circles . ’ |
| 3 | If they 're relatively technical , then I , then I 'd be grateful if they can be left to the officers , but obviously if there 's anything that erm , is political in anyway , big P or small P , then at least we can get in touch with the er , P A G , and if necessary call a meeting in respect Chair . |
| 4 | If her marriage had to be mentioned at all — and she did n't see why it was even necessary , it had absolutely nothing to do with her work as a book illustrator — then at least they could have got the facts straight , and described her as separated . |
| 5 | Until then at least they can take comfort knowing adults sometimes have to suffer uniforms even worse than their own . |
| 6 | Then at least she would n't have to endure the scathing comments of Mr Luke-perfect-Crawford down there . |
| 7 | Then at least he 'll take the heat off you . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | If only Nubenehem remembered it , then at least he could establish for certain which girl had been at the City of Dreams . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | If only real hands could shape my contours , then at least I would know that they were still there . |
| 12 | And I am going into the light and I am going into time , and if I am to save the world , then I shall have served the world , and if I do not save the world , then at least I shall have tried . |
| 13 | I used to think that I ought to do everything and then at least I could n't blame myself for not having done enough . |
| 14 | Better get it over with , her mind urges her exhausted body , then at least you 'll get a couple of hours sleep before dawn . |
| 15 | Because then at least you might be able to write out a few more . |
| 16 | Wooden-framed furniture is best , then at least you can change the cushions for less flammable material . |
| 17 | If you take on the big issues and the people wo n't follow , then at least you can say you have tried . ’ |
| 18 | But I do n't worry about being a loser — if you take on the big issues and the people wo n't follow , then at least you can say you have tried |
| 19 | But if you have a reasonable cross section of the country and your result was still that Birmingham was looked down upon as a low status accent , then at least you can your results so . . |
| 20 | Then at least you can appreciate how it came about . ’ |
| 21 | And then at least you can see through while you 're shading the sun from that direction and then |
| 22 | If you learn to keep your emotions in check until you are all back in the dressing-room , then at least you will leave the punters thinking that they have seen a professional band who might not be quite ready for a week at the Hammersmith Odeon . |
| 23 | Established to tackle thorny problems , it was hardly surprising that , in the words of Lord Shawcross , ‘ if you could n't find a solution which commanded general support , then at least you 'd find a way which would enable the whole matter to be put on the back shelf . ’ |