Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] at last " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , ’ she admitted slowly at last , ‘ I suppose I was shocked … the truth was very different from what I 'd imagined . ’ |
| 2 | He drew back at last . |
| 3 | When they drew apart at last Travis carried her to the nearest armchair , cradling her across his lap . |
| 4 | ‘ Well at least you got through at last , ’ said Carrington . |
| 5 | But when Fleury came back at last and told him how they were faring in the Residency , Harry knew he would have to take the risk . |
| 6 | They came out at last and Haile Selassie went forward under a crimson canopy to show himself to his people . |
| 7 | Guillamon asked hopefully at last . |
| 8 | Her patience paid off at last when she heard Miss Hardbroom tell the girls to pack up their books , and after much clattering and bustling , the door closed and the laboratory fell silent . |
| 9 | We arrived home at last on April 13th , 1702 , and I saw my dear wife and children again . |
| 10 | Well , that Arthur turned up at last and the vicar married them , but afterwards me sister let Arthur know just 'ow she felt , she chucked the whole weddin' cake at 'im , then 'er bokey an' then a full bottle of port . |
| 11 | Donald McCulloch came back from ‘ the reel of Ballechin' long after his mother , and when he got up at last next morning , the cold porridge had been thrown out to the hens . |
| 12 | Thomas got up at last from his new place in the middle of the table , which he had quite liked because it had leg access to a rung where he could wriggle his feet when he was bored . |
| 13 | He got up at last and stared out of the window at the empty road and the gravel pits , grey in the dawn light . |
| 14 | The pair cleared the pole and sprang upright at last . |
| 15 | The effort began to sap his strength and his muscles quivered as at last he pulled himself over the icy edge . |
| 16 | ‘ You know my position , ’ he broke out at last . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's simple really , ’ Jennifer went on at last . |
| 18 | ‘ Why do you keep staring at me ? ’ she demanded edgily at last . |
| 19 | ‘ But why ? ’ asked the Ambassador when he looked up at last . |
| 20 | When I looked up at last , it was to see the near cliffs bright with the afternoon sun , and the sea creaming calmly against the storm beach in the gentlest of high tides . |
| 21 | The blond man looked up at last — and his eyes latched on to Cardiff . |
| 22 | ‘ Did my lovemaking revolt you so much , then ? ’ he demanded roughly at last . |
| 23 | As he released her hand and slid his fingers through her hair , drawing her unresisting head towards him , she reached out at last to touch the dark curls at his ear . |
| 24 | When they went upstairs at last , I stayed on the terrace . |
| 25 | Penry made several attempts to break it , but gave up at last , his face like thunder as he drove at a speed which frightened Leonora to death . |
| 26 | No , I bottled out at last minute . |
| 27 | ‘ I was heartbroken , certainly , ’ Jennifer agreed softly at last , ‘ but it was n't over David leaving . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't think I really had any doubts about them , ’ she said slowly at last . |
| 29 | ‘ Perhaps three , ’ he said mildly at last , as if he were answering the simplest and most natural of questions . |
| 30 | ‘ But — but , ’ Heather burst out at last , ‘ there must be somewhere , Trusty . |