Example sentences of "[vb past] him at last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marion searched for him in the crowded room , and found him at last , talking to Sue 's dad near the window . |
| 2 | His mouth met hers and her shocked little gasp turned to a moan of hunger as she closed her eyes and kissed him at last , at last , and the brandy glass fell from her hands , shattering at their feet as her arms went around his neck , her mouth opening hungrily beneath his , her hands in his black hair , her body pressing against his as they clung together with intolerable necessity , unaware of the fragments of glass they trampled as Damian pressed her tighter , tighter until there was not an inch between their bodies . |
| 3 | Her scorn stung him at last . |
| 4 | After several attempts he got him at last on a bad telephone line . |
| 5 | A conducted tour of the house by the whole family , brought him at last to the top floor where his bedroom was proudly displayed , which , though huge and filled with awesome furniture of hideous elaboration , impressed him less than the meticulous care with which his soldier servant — batman was apparently a naughty word in the Guards — had unpacked his belongings and laid all essentials neatly in the right places . |
| 6 | She saw him at last , but she did n't signal back , she clutched her bag and froze , staring , and the man beside her turned round . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's lovely , ’ she answered him at last , in a brisk , matter-of-fact tone that concealed , she hoped , all that she was feeling . |
| 8 | He had no idea , for the letter forced him at last to admit to himself that he knew nothing about his son , that he had lost touch with him , had allowed him over the years to drift further and further away so that now they were virtual strangers . |