Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] last [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | He want into the huge dining room , where at last he found Alfred arranging bottles on the serving tables . |
2 | She almost wept with relief as his strong fingers closed round her hand and guided her to the safety of a broad platform of stone , where at last it was possible to stand upright . |
3 | He was buoyed by the knowledge that at last they had a clear suspect . |
4 | By 1567 Thurland and the Germans were able to inform the Crown that at last they had manufactured copper on a commercial scale and that their prospecting had revealed much in the way of exploitable minerals . |
5 | Since being appointed as Shropshire Youth rep , I have become increasingly aware of the lack of ‘ voice ’ that the youth of Shropshire seem to have , and therefore my job is to represent the youth of Shropshire so that at last we can be heard . |
6 | We were to witness a different and more promising sacrifice only after we had spent many patient weeks in Bira , when a white cock and a black goat were ritually slaughtered in Sinar Surya 's hull , signifying that at last we were about to depart . |
7 | On the fifth dawn we hurried on deck to confirm my certainty that at last we had rounded the south-western point of Sulawesi , and had a clear run north to Makassar . |
8 | With the surrender of Germany and Turkey 's entry into the war , it was felt that one phase of our work was done , and that at last we could go home . |
9 | Robert Norster , national team manager and most definitely a product of the new enlightenment , ventures to hope that at last it is changing . |
10 | ‘ Thank goodness that at last I shall be able to come from Stowbridge by the short way and under the low bridge ! ’ he said . |
11 | It was not till nine days ago that at last I found her , and saw what she was doing on her isle . ’ |
12 | I told her that at last I knew what really had happened to my father , her beloved husband , the man who had laid down his life for his country . |
13 | I thought that at last I 'd found someone I could share my life with . |
14 | Twice , White lost European finals to him ; , on the last occasion , in 1988 , he lost on a rather harsh penalty , but knew that at last he had the measure of the Frenchman . |
15 | He played the game of Murder in the dark through the vast rooms of the bishop 's vast palace and told his nonconformist father that at last he found a reason why bishops should live in such large houses . |
16 | ‘ Yes , ’ Arty said , feeling that at last he had someone who understood hi m and was taking his case seriously . |
17 | And you would know that at last he had called his own bluff . |
18 | He had n't expected the red carpet to be unrolled for him , but he had thought that at last he would be at work , setting up his meetings , on the move . |
19 | He then brought up the £8000 to £8,000 by steering clear of the OTC , and the vicar was ecstatic that at last he seemed to be making some money . |
20 | I begged the King so often for my freedom that at last he and his lords agreed that I need not be a prisoner any longer . |
21 | Inside he felt a warm glow , relieved that at last he was getting some answers . |
22 | When she had been able to plan her charity lunches and her dinner parties , go shopping , gossip with friends , look at her life and know that at last she had achieved all she had ever wanted , even If sometimes it was a little lonely , a little empty ? |
23 | ‘ I was glad that at last she was having a good time , that she was happy , ’ she said in an interview with Vox magazine . |
24 | This is a displacement ; it is presented as ‘ a good thing ’ that at last she is able to die . |
25 | Marjorie cried too , and at last they were able to release much of their pent-up grief . |
26 | God was working a miracle all over Eastern Europe in country after country , and at last they were free . |
27 | And at last they appear to have thrown off the similarities with Daisy Chainsaw ( which stemmed from their singers being sisters ) to adopt a Hazel O'Connor/Sugarcubes approach . |
28 | But still England persevered , and at last they found their reward . |
29 | They climbed over stones and through narrow openings between trees , and at last they reached the very top of the hill . |
30 | So that night , at the disco they told them and at last they believed them and sorted out the magazine thing and changed the magazine to Mysteries from Around the World . |