Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [prep] last " in BNC.
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1 | It is a moment that is likely to reshape the strategic thinking of traditional , print-on-paper publishers , perhaps encouraging them at last to re-define their activities and participate more extensively in information media of all kinds . |
2 | ‘ It 's nice to be here , ’ he replied with a composed smile , seating himself at last in one of the armchairs , as the woman arranged the tea things on a small table in front of them . |
3 | Her father pressed a kiss to her forehead , and smiled , releasing her at last . |
4 | Releasing her at last , he stepped back . |
5 | Every time she saw him again after an absence she stood aside humbly , expecting him at last to have reached the age when she was an embarrassment , expecting him to shuffle his feet and colour and do no more than extend a cool hand , and she would have held none of this against him . |
6 | He was just over three hours late to meet his guide , locating him at last on the edge of a ruck of Army drivers , forlorn in Air Force blue . |
7 | I was in favour of hauling him in last week , but the powers-that-be thought it better to let him remain at large for the time being , in the hope that he might lead us to his employers . ’ |
8 | I suppose that 's as good a reason as any for changing them after last year : - ) Especially that blue Chelsea-like thing . |
9 | ‘ Ah , Thiercelin , ’ said Epitot , spotting him at last . |
10 | Freeing himself at last from the invisible sheet , he rolled over and lay on top of her , covering her with his body , his face very close to her own . |
11 | We 've been planning it since last year and we 've been saving every penny . |