Example sentences of "[pers pn] come [prep] last " in BNC.

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1 The climb continued by Knarlton hoot to Hudson Quarry , where wild sage was growing thickly amongst the limestone and grass , until I came at last to the rougher pasture below Hazely .
2 I come at last to the case against conventionalism .
3 She came at last , swathed in mink , ushered in by the perspiring PRO .
4 So she kept to the woods , following the way Pedro had led , until she came at last to the clearing at the head of the ride .
5 We came at last to his office which was basically a roomette like my own : that is to say , it was a seven-by-four-foot space on one side of a central corridor , containing a washbasin , a folding table and two seats , one of which concealed what the timetable coyly called ‘ facilities ’ .
6 We came at last to a clearing brought about by a massive outcrop of rock .
7 As we progress up the scale of profit-taking , we find others who sell at small craft fairs and those who find an outlet through local shops , until we come at last to the favoured few who sell at the prestigious crafts fairs which Hugh prefers .
8 After various other criteria , we come at last to the manner in which this knowledge and understanding must be expressed .
9 A. R. They came at last .
10 Another time , Swan flew through the night for what seemed like hours and hours until they came at last to a gigantic opening in the earth 's surface , a sort of huge gaping hole in the ground , and Swan glided slowly round and round above this massive crater and then right down into it .
11 They came at last , in the warm Sunday stillness , to the broad avenues of central Berlin .
12 They came at last to the great , bulky empty house , staring across to parklands through the inspired grouping of its trees .
13 When he came at last , he saw it at once .
14 Outside , he headed for the bridge and there , halfway across , he came at last to a halt , with traffic rushing past , the river gleaming below and the city reaching away in an infinite complex parade of shining white and pearly grey with light snapping from windows and cars .
15 He came at last to a small , lean-to workshop where a girl , seated at a bench with her back to him , was decorating a pot placed on a turntable .
16 But he came from last to first under a powerful ride from apprentice Andrew Tucker to hit the front a furlong out and score by three quarters of a length from favourite Sylvan Starlight for Rod Simpson .
17 Discovery was inevitable and when it came at last there were reasons to rejoice , but not at the reunion with Christopher .
18 It came at last , a huge long-distance coach , with high steps in the doorway .
19 It came at last : ‘ Mr Glynn 's travelling companion was to be a Mrs Florence Tremayne of Nansallas Cottage , New Mill . ’
20 ‘ Oh , here it comes at last . ’
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