Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [prep] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | The girl cried out in alarm at the sound of Rohmer 's shout , swinging back to see them at last . |
| 2 | Glaring from one to the other as they stood on either side of the bed , she said crossly to Lucy , ‘ So you 've brought him to see me at last . |
| 3 | It is a moment that is likely to reshape the strategic thinking of traditional , print-on-paper publishers , perhaps encouraging them at last to re-define their activities and participate more extensively in information media of all kinds . |
| 4 | Men often ‘ raise questions , and multiply disputes , which never coming to any clear resolution , are proper only to continue and increase their doubts , and to confirm them at last in perfect scepticism ’ . |
| 5 | I found them at last . |
| 6 | I do not want to be harsh , but when I first set eyes on him I knew the type at once : the big , gangling provincial , so eager and relieved to find himself at last in artistic circles . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's nice to be here , ’ he replied with a composed smile , seating himself at last in one of the armchairs , as the woman arranged the tea things on a small table in front of them . |
| 8 | Indirect Rule and the evolution of the Commonwealth idea had disarmed much left-wing criticism of the empire in the years between the wars and encouraged the development among British radicals of ‘ responsible ’ views on imperial subjects , which came naturally to bloom when Labour found itself at last in office . |
| 9 | ‘ You must be Mr Sachs , what a pleasure it is to meet you at last . ’ |
| 10 | It 's good to meet you at last . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | I 'm glad to meet him at last . ’ |
| 13 | It was in the boot-and-brushing room that Nicandra found her at last — after a search through the larders , the dairy , and the empty laundry , its warm steam now subsided into a vaporous chill . |
| 14 | Marion searched for him in the crowded room , and found him at last , talking to Sue 's dad near the window . |
| 15 | Maria was silent , digesting it , slightly incredulous but forced to accept it at last . |
| 16 | What would he do with Harry 's body when he found it at last , but toss it back again to go downstream as he willed it to go , and leave its poor slender bones scattered all along the banks of Severn without a name or a resting-place ? |
| 17 | back down the road … and further Solar Flair is still going … they 've cracked it at last … and are up to forty five miles an hour … next stop is Adelaide the city that closes its streets to grand prix cars … today … the roads are open and the crowds out to welcome them in … |
| 18 | Manchester United pipped them in last season 's Rumbelows Cup semi-final thriller and could pay for it today . |
| 19 | Sitting in the train , with a Sunday paper which I 'd automatically bought lying unopened on my knee , I felt a sense of relief at being away from him , at being surrounded by a lot of impersonal uncaring strangers who could see nothing different about me because they 'd never seen me before last night . |
| 20 | NICK FALDO stirred himself at last in the Masters at Augusta National yesterday when a third round of 68 made him five under par for the tournament before a storm caused a three-hour delay that had a disastrous effect on defending champion Ian Woosnam , who had been sharing the lead with Craig Parry . |
| 21 | He stirred himself at last and looked round , to find one even more worn out with weariness than himself . |
| 22 | Now then , that new vending machine I told you about last time . |
| 23 | ‘ She stirred herself at last and wrote , ’ he said as he handed Rose the letter . |
| 24 | ‘ You told him about last night ? ’ |
| 25 | It 'd be nice to see Stubby again , have n't seen him since last year 's Club dinner . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ He 's spending a few days with Maria Luisa in Valencia on the mainland , ’ Fernando told her at last . |
| 27 | So you see they were having a difference of opinion over that and he 's saying you should n't , you should 've left it all to me and she says I 've done it for last fifty year and , you know , all this . |
| 28 | I suppose it 's a satisfying thing — to know you 've done it at last and it 's all there , nice and clean . |
| 29 | CARL Fogarty has done it at last ! |
| 30 | Swindon Town have done it at last , and won a league match . |