Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] at last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meh'Lindi seemed sated at last . |
| 2 | Mallachy had not liked the crack about actors , because it was a line that Rory had been peddling quite strongly recently , a rod he 'd found at last with which to beat his friend . |
| 3 | The clouds had parted at last , and the western sky was flooded with shining gold . |
| 4 | Waving a fist at the camera , Cameron Nielson recited the names of those blacklist casualties he had avenged at last . |
| 5 | The water cooled too quickly for her to stay long in the bath , but afterwards she lay fully dressed on the bed for a while , listening , her spirits rising as she realised that the wind had dropped at last . |
| 6 | Even the child in Molly 's arms smiled sleepily when her sisters told her that the water had come at last . |
| 7 | The time had come at last for Confucius to bow to the sages of the modern world ! |
| 8 | The birds gave voice so vigorously that relief that the sun had come at last might almost be detected in their song — the warm , exhilarating sun . |
| 9 | " My sons told me you lost your wife in a swimming accident four years ago , Monsieur Devraux , " she had said at last , speaking quietly in French . |
| 10 | She rose from her knees to face two pairs of eyes in which hope had died at last . |
| 11 | And then a log broke in the hearth , sending sparks cascading , and the shadows leapt , and Grainne remembered all of the old stories , and could almost have believed that the ancient Ireland had awoken at last ; that goblins and satyrs and cloven-hoofed , pointed-eared creatures were prancing in the room with them . |
| 12 | As for Meredith , she forgot about him once she had ventured at last into the supermarket . |
| 13 | He had arrived at last . |
| 14 | Jared and Mary Tunstall had arrived at last in London , summoned by Orrin when it became apparent that Sally-Anne could not be traced . |
| 15 | The heyday of scientific economics had arrived at last . |
| 16 | Miriam could hardly believe that he had spoken at last . |
| 17 | The sensation of being observed had gone at last . |
| 18 | Mrs Beavis had gone at last . |
| 19 | And because she was remembering that , when Albert said , ‘ It 's her ring , is n't it ? ’ she was n't altogether surprised , only felt a little , shivery shock , as if something she had been half-expecting to happen , had happened at last . |
| 20 | It had happened at last ! |
| 21 | The miracle she had hoped for had happened at last . |
| 22 | But he felt as well something far greater — the sudden joy of life that he had pleaded for as the old eagle 's right , and in pleading for it then had begun at last to claim it as his own . |
| 23 | The black velvet dress she was wearing — the weather had changed at last — set off her pale skin and blonde hair , and she was looking forward to a new academic year . |