Example sentences of "him [prep] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were many shrewd operators who backed him for last season 's Grand National and they will be doing so again . |
| 2 | Or had Roman told him about last night ? |
| 3 | ‘ You told him about last night ? ’ |
| 4 | The FA will not pursue the matter and yesterday they agreed to take no action against referee Ray Lewis , who was accused by a fan of swearing at him during last week 's match between Barnet and Walsall . |
| 5 | The trouble is his background keeps coming back to haunt him like last night 's sushi . |
| 6 | I was in favour of hauling him in last week , but the powers-that-be thought it better to let him remain at large for the time being , in the hope that he might lead us to his employers . ’ |
| 7 | Mark Roe was altogether more scathing about the problem after a first round of 85 which left him in last place in the field . |
| 8 | I therefore welcome his belated decision to take part in a full debate and the fact that he is now — I quote him from last week — keen to acknowledge that there is always room for constitutional change . |
| 9 | Paying tribute to him before last night 's show , Mr Barraclough said the best thing about working with Les Dawson was the laughter . |
| 10 | Instead , he was troubled at the start by a cold which has been with him since last week . |
| 11 | It 'd be nice to see Stubby again , have n't seen him since last year 's Club dinner . ’ |
| 12 | It was the first time she had been alone with him since last night and the thought of it made her fluttery inside . |
| 13 | Well we 'll leave him till last if he 's got |
| 14 | So got rid of him at last , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , and went in to the glass . |
| 15 | I 'm glad to meet him at last . ’ |
| 16 | A conducted tour of the house by the whole family , brought him at last to the top floor where his bedroom was proudly displayed , which , though huge and filled with awesome furniture of hideous elaboration , impressed him less than the meticulous care with which his soldier servant — batman was apparently a naughty word in the Guards — had unpacked his belongings and laid all essentials neatly in the right places . |
| 17 | Every time she saw him again after an absence she stood aside humbly , expecting him at last to have reached the age when she was an embarrassment , expecting him to shuffle his feet and colour and do no more than extend a cool hand , and she would have held none of this against him . |
| 18 | ‘ Ah , Thiercelin , ’ said Epitot , spotting him at last . |
| 19 | When she woke up , she found she was at home with him at last . ’ |
| 20 | … he might be young , lonely and not a little bewildered , but the way was clear before him at last ; he had taken his orders and been given the pass word , he could win through . |
| 21 | And Creggan followed her helpless gaze , out past the bars to the great sky itself and it seemed that direction came suddenly to him at last . |
| 22 | In the half-light that was not yet day , roadside trees could conceal could even be — the dreaded pursuers , caught up with him at last . |
| 23 | He had no idea , for the letter forced him at last to admit to himself that he knew nothing about his son , that he had lost touch with him , had allowed him over the years to drift further and further away so that now they were virtual strangers . |
| 24 | Marion searched for him in the crowded room , and found him at last , talking to Sue 's dad near the window . |
| 25 | He would be rid of him at last . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's heart-warming , ’ volunteered Mr Kronweiser , ‘ that justice will be done to him at last . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ It 's lovely , ’ she answered him at last , in a brisk , matter-of-fact tone that concealed , she hoped , all that she was feeling . |
| 28 | He continued firmly , and Faye relaxed a little , as if half daring to believe him at last . |
| 29 | She saw him at last , but she did n't signal back , she clutched her bag and froze , staring , and the man beside her turned round . |
| 30 | You went to find him — did n't you ? — for his creditors have caught up with him at last . |