Example sentences of "[noun] and [prep] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | She found faith in her religion and at last died happy having been an inspiration to many people in her community . |
| 2 | Yoweri Museveni becomes President and at last begins reconstruction . |
| 3 | He staggered slowly towards the Monument and at last sat down opposite Jack 's stepfather with painful slowness . |
| 4 | Then came the terrible sense of disbelief and at last the dawning realization that she would never be held in his embrace , breathe in the scent of his cigars or hear his kindly voice ever again . |
| 5 | But as well as sharing in the donkey work , Platt 's goals have become a vital part of England 's armoury and before last week 's 4–0 win over Turkey he scored his country 's previous five goals . |
| 6 | Chapman said later that Cleese , his writing partner at Cambridge and afterwards on the Frost , Marty Feldman and At Last the 1948 shows , ‘ was still in a state of shock ’ . |
| 7 | Scenes such as these undermined America 's chosen world position as a leader of freedom and at last there were signs that the President and Congress were prepared to strengthen the position of the blacks with positive civil rights laws . |
| 8 | She was defeated at Langside , south of Glasgow , and fled to Dumfries and at last to the banks of the Solway . |
| 9 | We have always said that it is not for nothing that the Unix prompts are dollar and percentage signs and at last somebody out there has the common sense to recognise that fact too : the new Unix Reseller Show , set for May 4 to 6 in Dallas , is blatantly promoting itself with the slogan ‘ How To Make Money With Unix ’ ; if that does n't bring the punters piling in , nothing will . |
| 10 | On what was described as an old-style West Indian pitch , Botham again won the toss and at last chose to bat ; a good start was ended when Gooch ran himself out , and soon wickets were tumbling . |
| 11 | They have removed the attack on our conference and at last we can now get on together to build a better union . |
| 12 | I watched the smoke rising from the liquid as it changed colour from red to purple and at last to green . |
| 13 | I do n't think that I shall every forget the day when sugar came off the ration and at last we could make toffee . |
| 14 | Turkey seriously set about reform under Abdul Hamid and at last the sultan of Zanzibar abolished slavery in 1897 . |
| 15 | In dropping Pierre Berbizier ( his captain and until last Saturday his likely successor as coach ) , Serge Blanco , Laurent Rodriguez and every commentator 's nightmare , Jean Condom , Fouroux 's guillotine has been severe . |
| 16 | When I was a teenager and at last able to have a room of my own , the outline of a Red Indian 's face appeared as a stain on the ceiling . |
| 17 | I gave him a hard releasing shove in the general direction of Sam , Perkin and an open-mouthed Gareth and at last watched a dozen restraining hands clutch and keep him from destroying himself entirely , but he struggled against them and turned his vindictive face my way and shouted in still exploding rage , ‘ I 'll kill you . ’ |
| 18 | She drove as fast as she dared past the Jardin Anglais and at last swung out on to the Quai Gustav Ador . |
| 19 | Towards the end I began to get more and more glimpses into my past and at last my wits were fully restored . |
| 20 | Once inside , she bolted the door and at last allowed herself to relax a little . |
| 21 | She skirted its edge and at last spotted a possible entry , finding a stick to whack at the jagged branches of an old dogrose . |
| 22 | The car lurched towards the far side of the road and her mother anxiously wrenched it back on course , then turned her attention back to the dash and at last flipped the switch which folded the roof down . |
| 23 | This was a success and at last even The Times , under pressure from rising costs , succumbed . |
| 24 | Perhaps she will read this book and at last understand what I tried so hard to tell to her . |
| 25 | This ended the controversy and at last the Sutton villagers were able to be buried in their own churchyard . |
| 26 | Slowly , ever so slowly the angle eases as the distance from the ice-screw increases and at last I can place another . |
| 27 | In the course of this treatment , during which Patrick 's eyes followed Marcus 's movements , Patrick 's face assumed a more alert expression and at last his lips moved and he uttered a sound . |
| 28 | She watched through a crack and at last a nurse came out of the tiny office and went to the lift . |
| 29 | He has always regarded the break-up as good fortune and at last found some degree of stability when his mother remarried six years later . |
| 30 | Lucinda lay , gazing upward , thinking about her mother so far away in London and about last night 's misfortune , which would have pleased the Countess greatly : three miserable women spending the night on a hard station bench . |