Example sentences of "could at [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Wolverines ' stock of blast and frag grenades would likewise be of little avail , though since each grenade hardly bulked larger than a coin the Scouts could at least retain their pursefuls of those in case they needed to kill at a distance . |
| 2 | ‘ If you must smoke you could at least go in the living room while I 'm cooking , ’ said Rodney . |
| 3 | I was still off the chain so could at least go to the little bathroom and fill the others ' water-bottles and empty their pee-bottles . |
| 4 | But she could at least go over and say hello . |
| 5 | Yes , where he was going now he could at least appear as himself ; the face was avowal enough , his dress should match the face . |
| 6 | Inside the system and moving , he could at least feel safe . |
| 7 | Perhaps I could at least stay until she wakes up and I can explain what 's happening . ’ |
| 8 | Not that I do n't like you , Simon , but you would think if the man goes to all this trouble to rescue me he could at least stay around afterwards . ’ |
| 9 | Additionally , why the hell 1–0 , we could at least hope if we do lose that we will go down all guns blazing in a stormer of a match , say 4–3 ( and Brian , might even score one against quality opposition — god forbid him score more though . |
| 10 | Could at least think about it , visualize it again , if not with pleasure , at least not with that sick-making horror of the past few weeks . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | At the House of Commons he could at least rely upon one of the whips to put him in a cab , and pay the driver . |
| 13 | But one of Charles 's achievements was to ensure that all his children who reached adulthood , male or female , could at least sign their names ; his daughter Elizabeth had produced a most business-like signature at her marriage in 1802 and , here at All Hallows , Benjamin signed with a flourish , above the rather more demure attempt of his new wife . |
| 14 | There must be a Rafferty son who could at least do some digging , if nothing else . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |
| 16 | Rupert was not one of those men with any sort of talent in the kitchen , but he could at least light the stove . |
| 17 | I had the support of Anne Winterton , so we could at least talk together and walk through the lobbies together to give each other support . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Early in the century the upbringing and education of working-class children was inadequate but cheap and their employment could at least contribute to their keep . |
| 20 | Yet women , of my generation were the first to have the chance to refuse burdens that just could n't be borne , to understand that it was possible to refuse them without censure , to realise that if you still could n't have everything , you could at least make some choices about what you could have . |
| 21 | She could at least make the best of her meeting with Veronica , though . |
| 22 | If it did , and even allowing for Melby 's overwhelming dilemma , it is a little surprising to read his conclusion that , if the French were really serious about decolonization and that if military force was properly applied , they could at least hold the lid on the Indo-Chinese kettle for the predictable if only relatively limited future . |
| 23 | ‘ You could at least offer to pay . ’ |
| 24 | But I would appreciate it if you could at least finish this present list off . |
| 25 | Noreen felt much the same so it was with great relief that for the New York engagement they could at least travel in from Queen 's each day and sleep in their own beds at night . |
| 26 | She could at least pretend some sorrow . |
| 27 | Now , however , the French , no matter what they might have thought of American rhetoric , could at least pretend that they took it seriously and that their actions were being taken in defence of ‘ the free world ’ . |
| 28 | Paul moved in front of Dinah ; he could at least protect her . |
| 29 | If he could not haul the family out of their genteel poverty , he could at least protect his women , his wife and his daughters , from the knowledge that he and so many others shared , mute and unrecognised , in the offices of the law , in the architects ' and developers ' bureaux , in police and magistrates ' waiting rooms , in prison officers ' canteens , in teachers ' common rooms , camps . |
| 30 | If he could not inform he could at least reassure . |