Example sentences of "[pers pn] at last " in BNC.
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1 | I have meant to write to you a hundred times during the last three weeks but at all hours of the day I have been busied with teaching and beating and supervising footballings until when at last after all the animals were caged up and I at last had some peace , I have been too sad & too weary to write anything . |
2 | It cost pounds in 1946 , but when I at last got it , I could write underwater . |
3 | After I 'd kissed her goodbye I felt pretty happy because not only had I at last had an extremely enjoyable sexual experience , but I 'd also been able to give enjoyment . |
4 | Only as the cloverleaf began to appear as a grey shape in the otherwise black wall did I at last fall into a dream-wracked sleep . |
5 | He wrote : " I at last scarce ever went out and nothing occupied my thought but how to escape from this bloody country . " |
6 | Have you shipwrecked that crazy boat of yours at last ? " |
7 | His mouth closed over hers with the passion and glory she knew would never die and she melted into his impassioned embrace with a heart that was free to be his at last . |
8 | On July 25th , 1908 , the rails forced their way into Denwood , and those who had been waiting so long and patiently considered that the prizes were theirs at last . |
9 | But in the Japanese Empire she at last came up against an eastern power developing at a rate comparable to her own , and one capable of offering effective resistance . |
10 | So when those industrious fingers and wet lips finally arrived to caress her defenceless pudenda she at last found herself aroused . |
11 | He flung his head to one side and muttered something , his face was twisted up ; he pushed himself away and fell out through the entrance and on to his knees , and she sat down on the floor for her legs felt weak and the wounded one was throbbing painfully , and she crawled over to Sycorax and lay down beside her and sobbed hot , dry grief until she at last fell asleep . |
12 | Only when the water began to cool did she at last climb out and towel herself dry . |
13 | And it must have been the fever , Isabel decided a long time later , when she at last had time to sit down and rest . |
14 | ‘ Praise from you at last , Peregrine . |
15 | ‘ Got you at last , ’ the Headmaster said putting his hand on Endill 's shoulder . |
16 | They 've got you at last ’ |
17 | They 've got you at last ! ’ |
18 | " Ah , so I 've found you at last ! " |
19 | ‘ You must be Mr Sachs , what a pleasure it is to meet you at last . ’ |
20 | ‘ We 've got some penicillin for you at last . |
21 | Anyway — now that I 've got you at last … |
22 | That should it 's found you at last . |
23 | ‘ Well , old fellow in the cellarage , ’ she whispered lightly to herself , though the breath was shallow in her throat , ‘ it seems I must speak with you at last . ’ |
24 | I 've found you at last ! ’ he cried . |
25 | ’ Thank goodness I 've got through to you at last . |
26 | ‘ Now that I have you at last you 'll never be away from me again . ’ |
27 | It 's good to meet you at last . |
28 | I 'm pleased I 've managed to get hold of you at last . |
29 | I 've found you at last . |
30 | ‘ Paige , how lovely to meet you at last , ’ Rose McKenna pronounced warmly , holding out her hands so that Paige had to place hers in them , and was drawn down to have a kiss pressed to either cheek . |