Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] last [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was heartily glad when they were installed at last in front of the fire , trays on knees . |
| 2 | The time had come at last for Confucius to bow to the sages of the modern world ! |
| 3 | A quality housing conversion has come at last to one of Paisley 's oldest landmarks , the John Neilson Institution , and saved the building from the ravages of rot . |
| 4 | In the dawn , before the host came home , he would surely be presented at last with one window into his father 's spirit , and add to the many aspects of Master Harry he had borrowed from other people one at least which was his own . |
| 5 | The Britches will outlast us both , Helen thought , carrying on in its mindless way until scuppered at last by economic circumstances and the likes of Ron Paget . |
| 6 | Armed at last with a definition of obscenity , Victorian prosecutors proceeded to destroy many examples of fine literature and scientific speculation . |
| 7 | As for Meredith , she forgot about him once she had ventured at last into the supermarket . |
| 8 | They had really arrived at last at their destination ! |
| 9 | Jared and Mary Tunstall had arrived at last in London , summoned by Orrin when it became apparent that Sally-Anne could not be traced . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | A tiny circle of bright brass was found at last in the fishing tackle cupboard , slipped over Victoria 's finger and proudly displayed to the rest of the party . |
| 12 | She prayed steadily , all those seventeen years , for guidance , for confirmation that she was still fulfilling divine purpose , and was only interrupted at last by her mother 's voice , demanding in a querulous letter that Isobel should come home and nurse her while she died — as she had been told she soon would — of cancer . |
| 13 | As for Philips , Foxe records that like Judas ‘ He not long time after enjoyed the price of innocent blood , but was consumed at last by lice . ’ |
| 14 | There was a silence , broken at last by Caro . |
| 15 | Released at last from her dancing , Pamela Dillon was sent to St Margaret 's , Bushey , a school for the orphans of clergymen — an odd choice , for both her parents were anti-clerical . |