Example sentences of "[pron] could at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The quietness seemed somehow to be incredibly loud , perhaps because wherever else I have been I could at the very least , listening hard , pick out some distant sounds of life , or even the wind in the trees . |
| 2 | I hated it , and Dr Kelleher got some of them taken down so that I could at least see the daylight . |
| 3 | Perhaps I could at least stay until she wakes up and I can explain what 's happening . ’ |
| 4 | I remember how happy I was when I was accepted at Hamburg University , because I could at last get away from my mother 's asparagus dishes . ’ |
| 5 | I did anything I could at home when the children were small to make a bit of money . ’ |
| 6 | She gave me Zdenka 's German address and asked if I could at least write to her daughter from time to time to keep her spirits up . |
| 7 | So I did n't join any of them I kept independent while I could at any rate and then . |
| 8 | But I could at least sense that even the most feared and serious of all the mental illnesses did have something to do with me , however disturbing that may have seemed at the time . |
| 9 | You see if I had the original identification I could at least match it up against a description . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I could at least ask them . ’ |
| 11 | So by offering English , French , Greek and Music I could at least attempt to get into Somerville by December 1923 . |
| 12 | His line of chat , and a bonhomie which could at times border on insensitivity , marked him out for her as a survivor ; someone with whom she could risk herself ; someone who could both carry and withstand her . |
| 13 | ( 1987 ) point out that stock market prices can at times be dependent on the increase in profits derived from the contribution holiday , which could at times increase volatility , and lead to inefficient pricing of shares . |
| 14 | She could at least pretend some sorrow . |
| 15 | Time and again he had asked her to cook them for his supper , when she could at least bake them in a hot oven . |
| 16 | If he put down sheets of newspaper in the kitchen to keep the floor clean on wet days , one of his cats would back up to the far wall and then launch herself as fast as she could at the papers . |
| 17 | The model agency office was in a tall old house in Clifton and Paula splashed out some of her savings on a taxi so that she could at least arrive in style . |
| 18 | Come on , if she is going to feed us this crud , she could at least get her research right . |
| 19 | But snug in his arms and very close to him , she could at least see his looks were n't villainous . |
| 20 | As she reached her father 's house she walked straight in at the gate , which she hardly bothered to open quietly , and flung the stone as hard as she could at the glass of the bedroom window . |
| 21 | And she could at least smile at Kitty 's compliments because no-one was in earshot and anyway Kitty was mad . |
| 22 | But she could at least go over and say hello . |
| 23 | Her marriage to Prince Charles gave her a new security , not only in giving her status , but also because she could at first rely on him as something of a father figure , or at any rate a slightly square older brother . |
| 24 | ‘ What are your plans for the rest of the afternoon ? ’ she asked in her best trying-to-be-friendly voice , thinking that if she could pin-point him to some specific part of the house then she could at least do her best to avoid it . |
| 25 | She shuffled around uncomfortably , finally deciding to cut the bread because it was the one thing she could at least guarantee not to spoil . |
| 26 | She was wearing a pair of off-white trousers , which she had cuffed as much as she could at the ankles because of the heat , and a plain navy-coloured T-shirt , neither of which sported designer labels . |
| 27 | Since she could not hope — and indeed did not wish — to be at all like Ianthe she could at least provide a complete contrast . |
| 28 | She could at least make the best of her meeting with Veronica , though . |
| 29 | Marc had invited her to treat the place like home — she smiled wryly at the thought — but if that was too much to expect she could at least explore . |
| 30 | In this war of nerves , it was infinitely reassuring to know she could at least get the occasional barb past that glacial exterior . |