Mary had planned to go to the bank first, but she came here after all.It looks like Tom will go to law school after all.

They were told not to bring presents, but they brought them all the same.His parents said no, but John went out just the same.

At any rate, we had a nice time at your party. We are grateful that you asked us.It's not much, at any rate, but it's the best we can do.

At least we had a good evening, even though the afternoon was rainy.At least we came away with some of our money left.