Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [prep] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | And indeed the little creature merely sighed before lying motionless , the fateful twitching stilled at last . |
| 2 | He was engaging in a war of nerves with her , Isabel realised at last , but he did n't remember . |
| 3 | The need for centralization of the royal court and parliament led at last to the choice and subsequent development of Edinburgh as Scotland 's capital city . |
| 4 | Ellen asked at last . |
| 5 | RIVAS OF BLOOD STEMMED AT LAST |
| 6 | The pyjamas fastened at last , Ashley rose shakily to her feet . |
| 7 | Danes are in effect voting on a deal negotiated at last December 's EC summit in Edinburgh , which gave them opt-outs on sensitive issues such as a common currency , joint security , police controls and citizenship rules . |
| 8 | The lawyer murmured at last : ‘ Let's not be hasty . |
| 9 | Light dawned at last . |
| 10 | Turnover for the six months to the end of March almost doubled to £101m and the interim loss fell from last year 's £6.2m to £5.6m ( tour operators traditionally make a loss during the winter months when few people book holidays ) . |
| 11 | The roof fell in last night . ’ |
| 12 | It was with a sickening sense of shock that his eyes fell at last on the heaps of bodies lying in the shadows of the dock buildings and beneath the pepper trees . |
| 13 | When Delia Sutherland did at last ring it was three weeks after their meeting and he was proved right . |
| 14 | Eloise said at last , ‘ I 'm going back home and I 'll contact my lawyers . |
| 15 | His mind had at last found its way back to its usual cast when he heard Sara 's friend talking to her . |
| 16 | The Magistrate had long been interested in Lucy but not because Cupid had at last managed to lodge an arrow in his stony heart . |
| 17 | Many simply went in and out of the factory without showing any emotion at all , relieved that weeks of uncertainty had at last come to an end . |
| 18 | ‘ The boy and girl are with you , ’ the Trapper repeated like a man slow of thought , to whom the words had at last revealed their significance . |
| 19 | ‘ We did n't handle that very well , ’ Meredith said at last . |
| 20 | Light minded At last , a ( sort of ) fair report on the travellers in England . |
| 21 | There were 35 of us on top of the Eiger : Edwin Drummond 's Climb for the World dream realised at last . |
| 22 | Frank asked at last . |
| 23 | He continued to urge Canterbury 's supremacy over York , and in the general settlement of 1107 , Archbishop Gerard promised at last to show him the same obedience as archbishop as he had owed as bishop of Hereford . |
| 24 | Ian Brown , secretary of Edinburgh 's Princes Street Traders Association , reported that sales were better this January compared with last year . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , a ship was sent to America so that the story could be checked and in 1810 , three years after his being cast away on Sombrero , Jeffrey returned at last and set foot in Portsmouth . |
| 26 | Sparks flew at last weekend 's Berkeley conference when Boaz turned up unexpectedly . |
| 27 | Vologsky 's turbulent emotions broke at last . |
| 28 | The telephone rang at last at 9.30 . |
| 29 | Scotland trailed in last in the Boys Quadrangular International , yesterday at Is Molas , Sardinia , after following Saturday 's defeat against France with a 8-4 loss at the hands of host nation Italy . |
| 30 | A deal to buy the whole of Adidas fell through last month . |