Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] at [adv] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The registrar was saying that I must at least remember the year . |
| 2 | To start from myself , I can not choose between reactions without having some control over them ; to choose not to be burned I must at least have the power to withdraw my finger from the flame . |
| 3 | And apparently at speech day she was talking to s do you know she had the cheek to say to me she had the cheek to tell somebody to say that I should at least have the decency to go out with someone who 's half looking , half good looking . |
| 4 | ‘ They usually come up with a couple of lesser-known names , and if I can keep the runs coming I like to think I might at least get a mention . ’ |
| 5 | I hated it , and Dr Kelleher got some of them taken down so that I could at least see the daylight . |
| 6 | I know Elaine 's name , I know where I was born — I can at least make a start . |
| 7 | Now I can at least get the pressure off a little . |
| 8 | From a swift glance at the back of a person 's head I can at once estimate the intelligence and sexuality of that person . |
| 9 | You may at least force the opponent to back off , since he will have more to lose than you . |
| 10 | Failing that , you must at least keep a detailed plan or map of your rose garden with such information . |
| 11 | You must at least have a good idea . ’ |
| 12 | He 'd hear the engine starting , of course , but , by the time he 'd got himself together enough to do anything about it , she should at least have a head start . |
| 13 | You might at least drop a game now and then to show your gratitude . ’ |
| 14 | She could at least make the best of her meeting with Veronica , though . |
| 15 | In some ways it was easier having him around where she could at least keep an eye on what he was doing . |
| 16 | In this war of nerves , it was infinitely reassuring to know she could at least get the occasional barb past that glacial exterior . |
| 17 | Since she could not hope — and indeed did not wish — to be at all like Ianthe she could at least provide a complete contrast . |
| 18 | You 'd think she 'd at least pick a female poet . |
| 19 | I thought you 'd at least ask the reasons … it would have been a chance to admit where things went wrong . |
| 20 | You could at least take the E off , yeah . |
| 21 | ‘ You could at least let the lad take him down and back , even if you do n't use him . ’ |
| 22 | She would at once understand the motive and , however coldly she dealt with me , she would understand the necessity . |
| 23 | Although it may be too late to gather any more that season , you would at least have a permanent record so you could return in the following year to collect some more . |
| 24 | The guarantee that you will at least receive an amount equal to your original investment at the end of five years will be unaffected by any change in the rate of tax on policyholders ' funds applicable to Life Insurance Companies . |
| 25 | But you 've only got , if you w if you put chips in a basket in a chip pan if it , the fat boils up you can at least lift the chips out straight away but if you 're putting them straight into the pan there 's no hope of stopping it coming over . |
| 26 | While useful , I think it would have been preferable to show the entire sentence , but you can at least note the identified points and refer to the main body of text later . |
| 27 | Pamella 's clock is running slow the Gloucester team were playing rough A familiar example , which actually contains an adjectival phrase rather than a single adjective , is : ( 66 ) a rose by any other name would smell as sweet With this construction , too , there is possibly a certain element of idiomatic restriction ; why for instance are the following examples unacceptable ? ( 67 ) the guide was eating gluttonous Suzanne pirouetted sensuous We may at least hazard a guess as to why this construction is fairly limited in its occurrence : there are three intensional elements in operation , the entity phrase in subject position , the property which is to be instantiated by the verb and as a third item a property that can be expressed either by an adjective or by its adverb competitor ; now where the lexical meanings are such that there would be an appreciable difference in the effect of applying the third property to the entity of the subject by contrast with the effect of using it to qualify the property of the verb ( which is the case in ( 53 ) by contrast with ( 54 ) ) then intuitive awareness that there is going to be a difference may generally allow the construction with the adjective to be available . |
| 28 | That is not to say that we should only have our Mussorgsky performed by Russian ensembles , but we should at least have the chance to judge for ourselves . |
| 29 | We would at least have a butler . ’ |
| 30 | To do this we will at least double the size of Citizens , both through organic growth and by expanding into the states adjoining its Rhode Island base . |