Example sentences of "[noun sg] at last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe I will get to join the YF at last . |
| 2 | These sort of facts are hardly likely to give Graham any festive cheer , but he can find some solace by taking a swift glance at last season 's results . |
| 3 | ‘ And protect us from ourselves , ’ Jaq added , drawing a curious glance at last , from Grimm . |
| 4 | Immediately after the June 1987 General Election victory the nature of the prime ministerial intention at last became clear . |
| 5 | In the 21st minute the Dungannon side at last found a way through the determined Ards defence . |
| 6 | Maggie stared at him and Ana held out her hand , allowing them to see the glittering ring at last . |
| 7 | She caught the ring at last between her teeth and he tickled her until she laughed and gave it up . |
| 8 | She wondered if she should confess to Connor what she had tried — and failed — to do , but when he came into the bedroom at last , she felt at once that this was not the right moment . |
| 9 | With Briant really showing some emotion at last , Kegan felt much better , much more in control . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , ’ said the corporal at last , looking out over the river to where a low mud shoal raised its back above the water , grey and wrinkled like a hippopotamus , ‘ it was there . ’ |
| 11 | He remembered the lights of the car at last picking out the yearned-for shape of the cottage . |
| 12 | Reaching her car at last , she drove away into the silent night , gazing through a gauze of tears over the snow-covered mountains ahead . |
| 13 | Bill accompanied his wife , and as the red lights of the ambulance faded down the street , Tom emerged from the study at last . |
| 14 | Here 's tea at last ! |
| 15 | But even the happiness Mother and Father felt at being able to live together under the same roof at last was tinged with sadness , because they both liked Stainmore very much and would have preferred to stay in the area . |
| 16 | Right , half term at last . |
| 17 | Half term at last . |
| 18 | He was beginning to panic , thinking that he had strayed off the route , when the monastery at last came into sight . |
| 19 | A reply at last came which confused the senior conductor with the ticket inspector and said Mr McArdle had ‘ unilaterally reneged the conditions pertaining to the tickets . ’ |
| 20 | Central Districts were top of the Shell Trophy at last report , and are there again at time of writing . |
| 21 | PORTADOWN goal ace Stevie Cowan flew in from Scotland to pick up his Sunday Life top scorers ' trophy at last Monday 's Football Writers awards night . |
| 22 | A : Because of the way life changes when the lover at last appears . |
| 23 | For the next four months , Branson watched the exchange rate with uncommon interest and trepidation , until the pound at last began to climb penny by agonising penny against the dollar . |
| 24 | ‘ The drug 's taken effect at last , ’ Nancy said to herself as she rose from her position beside the bed . |
| 25 | Vulgar song , but I 'm demonstrating that I 've seen the light at last . |
| 26 | Recognition at last ! |
| 27 | But by mid-1989 , Kylie was THE figurehead of High Street fashion throughout Europe , which was very good news for Sydney 's pauvre couture set , who were beginning to find international recognition at last . |
| 28 | Indeed , the team was so anxious to give recognition at last to the importance of the content of any particular drama , that it seems almost to be reinforcing the dualistic assumption that drama is about attitudes or ideas in the children 's heads to be explored and then expressed through the medium . |
| 29 | The pairing was the one feared most , because of painful memories of violence at last year 's European championship in West Germany . |
| 30 | Britain is under pressure to end this dumping following the vote at last week 's London Dumping Convention for a moratorium on all sea disposal of radioactive waste ( see right ) . |