Example sentences of "i [vb past] [prep] least " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the warmer months I averaged at least 15 common carp in a five hour session but this winter two sessions were biteless . |
| 2 | Throughout the whole period of Harold Wilson 's first premiership , and a substantial portion of his second premiership , I visited at least once a fortnight and sometimes once a week . |
| 3 | It was obvious that to base it on a villa one would need to have full access to the whole site and many more seasons — I imagined at least 15 . |
| 4 | So I decided at least I stood there for ten minutes which one should I take ? |
| 5 | However , they had got me out of the way and I felt at least with a following wind a big lad would hit the ball in my direction and I might be able to do something . |
| 6 | I meant at least to insulate the nest with some polystyrene ceiling tiles , but I was afraid of trapping the animal inside . |
| 7 | However , I knew at least a couple of players because I 'd caddied for Roger Fidler in the 1977 British Open while I was still an assistant , and I 'd also carried Florentina Melina 's bag . |
| 8 | I counted at least 15 snippets of tunes in the half-hour slot and none resembled a conventional song , just a patchwork quilt of ideas . |
| 9 | As one young woman I spoke to put it : ‘ I thought at least I 'll be going to a place where these people are not my parents so they wo n't be able to put a hand on me . ’ |
| 10 | When Dad joined us Albert greeted him just as pleasantly as he had me , and I thought at least they 're all happy this morning . |
| 11 | ‘ I thought at least to hear we were to live happy ever after ! |
| 12 | ‘ I thought at least to have taken Harry off your mind , ’ said Owen wretchedly , ‘ so that you might give all your heart to this . |
| 13 | That 's why I sa that 's why I told them the weekend I thought at least I 'll have something sha n't I ? |
| 14 | and I thought , it came out erm , incorrect pin number , please remove your card , I thought at least I 'm getting it back you know so I whipped it out , I said to mum , I 'm gon na have to pay for this with a cheque , I said , I ca n't get the cash out , and she , she said why , and I said I , I forgotten my number , I was getting in quite a panic cos I knew I did n't have it written down anywhere at home . |
| 15 | I took at least two hours before reluctantly passing it over . |
| 16 | On each occasion I took at least half an hour to get ready , chose my clothes carefully , brushed my teeth , put my earrings in , wore bright-red lipstick . |
| 17 | I did at least . |
| 18 | In the end I did at least as much squirming as Christopher Meadowbrook , and he squirmed a lot . |
| 19 | I said at least I knew where I was with them . |
| 20 | Yeah I spelt it wrong I said at least I can put another N on it . |
| 21 | I said we 'll try this shop , I said at least have a look and I said we 'll go round to the other 's , I said he made he 's mind up when he walked in , . |
| 22 | I said I understand your busy , I said if you ca n't turn him say , then I will turn him in an hour I ca n't do it before , fine , I said at least I 'm not sitting like a prat telling him a load of rubbish |
| 23 | So I said well you know , I ca n't just wind it up over the next six months , I said er what I wan na do I said is erm I got ta carry it on for that transit for that Orion till I finished anyway so it 's got ta go another year so I said well what I 'm feeling about doing I said is er just sort of keeping a finger in the pie I said , he said , if I 'd said tomorrow , if I had finished the whole the tomorrow I 've got ta buy a car I can buy it finance so I 'm gon na get no tax relief on the H P I get no depreciation no nothing like that I said so at least if I still self employed I can if I have the sort of two or three vehicles or whatever three , four , five vehicles but I said at least I can have some erm and I can then sort of they would be more utilised , where as I said at the moment we got more vehicles than we really need to keep full capacity so he said yeah , yeah fair enough then . |
| 24 | I remember feeling really happy when I was told I had at least six or seven years to live . |
| 25 | Feeling pleased that I had at least negotiated the day 's essentials , and the afternoon being well advanced , I thought it would be good to have a more leisurely look round Wenceslas Square and find somewhere to eat . |
| 26 | This was due , no doubt , to the fact that though I motored further and further from the house , I continued to find myself in surroundings with which I had at least a passing acquaintance . |
| 27 | I reckoned that I had at least one brigade of white cells on the start line with other brigades available as required . |
| 28 | I would want someone that was on my wavelength , roughly my age , preferably a supporter , and I would n't sign anything until I had at least a serious gentleman 's agreement that nothing could be issued without the artist 's agreement . |
| 29 | I had hardly even drawn before ; my attempts were inept , but I fumbled on until I had at least mastered the proportions of the human body ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ I drank at least four litres during the canoeing , ’ Bramwell said . |