Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] last " in BNC.
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| 31 | Instead of untried young men , we were at last to have a pro , and moreover , one with an excellent voice . |
| 32 | Several other people had arranged to share cars and after a good deal of last-minute discussion and instructions , they were at last on their way . |
| 33 | Many faiths were broken before the people became convinced of the truth of the Myrcans ’ mission , but after a while , when no Myrcan had turned against the righteous lords , and they had not tried to usurp the rule of the Dales and the Vale , then they were at last accepted . |
| 34 | The human figures found at Entremont indicate that the Celts were at last persuaded to abandon their prejudice against the representation of the human form . |
| 35 | As he reached his door he found his thoughts turning once more to the urgent problem of putting food in his belly , and a part of his mind registered with pleasure that these thoughts were at last supplanting the ones in which he alternately pined for Aset and visited unholy vengeance upon her . |
| 36 | ‘ You know , I 'm getting quite used to this invisible business , ’ Mitch muttered to Maggie when they were at last settled to their table . |
| 37 | Ironically , though Mr H did not know it , mental-health reformers in Japan were at last making some headway . |
| 38 | Britons were at last letting their hair down after the grey years following the Second World War . |
| 39 | Central bankers were also concerned in the spring of 1991 that the German government might attempt to stave off the pressure on the mark by raising interest rates , a move which they felt would further depress the prospects for world economic growth ; by April , however , it appeared that global interest rates were at last starting to come down , with particularly strong declines in the United Kingdom , the United States and France . |
| 40 | And even when they reached home and she and John were at last alone together , she could not forgo the homecoming she had dreamed of for so many weeks . |
| 41 | Churchill gave Attlee one last boost when they were both back in London and the election results — postponed for three weeks owing to the need to bring from abroad the postal votes of the forces serving overseas — were at last declared . |
| 42 | In Europe the occupying powers were at last able to agree on a peace treaty with Austria . |
| 43 | Then it was time to cast off and manoeuvre gently away from the dock.We were at last ready to head down the River Severn and onwards into the Bristol Channel.Our safe passage was in the hands of Severn pilot Pete Tippet : |
| 44 | The drains were at last able to carry the surface water and only a few isolated areas remained flooded . |
| 45 | Many of the thousands of youngsters who were at last night 's tie as non-paying guests may have been sufficiently impressed to want to come back one day as paying customers . |
| 46 | ‘ No , Nina , that was for last time . |
| 47 | That was for last year . |
| 48 | Well I er er er I 've occasionally thing that was about last ye er year or the year before a as being a member of one of the , one of the lunch clubs . |
| 49 | this was about last week 's episode ? |
| 50 | I think it was about last week 's epi , but they seem to e imply that it was last week 's episode that would |
| 51 | The worsening unemployment , poverty and despair have fostered the fascist ‘ Taukei ’ movement which was behind last year 's coups and is currently shaping the country 's political future . |
| 52 | That 's what I was like last year , honestly . |
| 53 | I 'm sure it was in last month 's news |
| 54 | She was in last night , late on . |
| 55 | And I was in last week both Saturday 's before I came here , and we went through we 'd achieved all targets |
| 56 | And erm Mark was in last week he said |
| 57 | It was in last year or something . |
| 58 | She was in last night . |
| 59 | Jekyll is his normal self again — at least , he was until last week . |
| 60 | Or it was until last Friday , when British Coal locked the gates of Parkside for the last time , and over 700 men were made redundant . |