Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [vb past] [prep] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Diana was overwhelmed by the horror spotlighted in last week 's Mirror shock issue on the African nation 's famine . |
| 2 | When the light came they mustered what was left to them , and knew without many words spoken , even when the storm subsided at last into mere mist and drizzle , that they could not advance further . |
| 3 | The roof fell in last night . ’ |
| 4 | The pyjamas fastened at last , Ashley rose shakily to her feet . |
| 5 | The lawyer murmured at last : ‘ Let's not be hasty . |
| 6 | ‘ The boy and girl are with you , ’ the Trapper repeated like a man slow of thought , to whom the words had at last revealed their significance . |
| 7 | The telephone rang at last at 9.30 . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't think that 's a bad idea , ’ the DDI said at last . |
| 9 | Because it applied to all bodies everywhere , the universe had at last become a universe . |
| 10 | So the question had at last been put and answered . |
| 11 | Blanche and Dexter knew Mills had recovered from his deep financial difficulties the year before and the accountant had at last discovered how : substantial payments had been paid into Mills ' Swiss bank account in the months leading up to his death . |
| 12 | She looked at Tommaso Talvi in her mind 's eye , she adjusted her image of him to fit with her sister 's , she inventoried his features , beginning with the eyes , and redrafted them in order to see them as ‘ pretty ’ , she scanned his caffelatte pallor and his big hands , grasping the bread she had cut for him , she looked at his mouth , the purplish fullness of his lips and the strong teeth that showed when he grinned , as he had done , often , but without laughter , when the men were disagreeing about the possibilities of change , the chances of the election on returning the Socialists , of bringing about improvements for the labourers now that the franchise had at last been widened to include some people who were n't bosses , like her father , a music teacher with a sense of honour , of justice . |
| 13 | The disappointment is vivid yet of the Christmas day when the postman arrived at last , hours late , and brought me only a long narrow box of crackers . |
| 14 | So the war came at last , at exactly 6.35:24 pm on January 16 , 1991 , when Peter Jennings interrupted a canned piece to announce that explosions and flashes were breaking up the Baghdad night . |
| 15 | Before I left Britain one of the best-kept secrets of the war had at last been revealed — the breaking by the Bletchley Park mathematicians of the ciphers encoded by the German Enigma machine : this priceless intelligence had enabled us to sink all the Bismarck 's supply ships , monitor the movements of Tirpitz so that attacks could be launched on her ( see page 144 ) and destroy many U-boats at the height of the Battle of the Atlantic . |
| 16 | ‘ We 've still got to get the girl , ’ the Leader said at last . |
| 17 | ‘ Unthinkable , ’ the General said at last . |
| 18 | One of the most significant selling points which the Banks used during last year 's dispute was the fact that Extended Opening Hours would give rise to significant numbers of additional jobs in Banking . |
| 19 | The phone rang at last . |
| 20 | despite the fact that the invasion came at last on Friday morning . |
| 21 | The Brigadier had at last found an appreciative audience , and he and the Marshal bounced along together comfortably in the jeep with the Captain and Bacci following in a car . |
| 22 | BLACKPOOL : A bit of a cheer went up when the news came through last week in Brighton of the Government 's humiliation at the hands of the Bundesbank . |
| 23 | Neither made a significant provision before 1820 , and their rivalry still persisted in the 1830s when the government began at last to assist them with grants . |
| 24 | When the secretary had at last left them , she lay back in her chair and gave a long sigh of exasperation . |
| 25 | The row simmered on last week despite deliberate efforts in Bonn to brush the affair under the carpet and diversionary events such as Stoltenberg 's resignation , campaigns for state elections today in Baden-Wurttemberg and Schleswig-Holstein — and Kohl 's 62nd birthday celebrations . |
| 26 | The Statpak featured in last month 's Marketplace is distributed by BPL Foothealth , Little Bourton House , Southam Road , Banbury , Oxon OX16 7SR 0295 759606 . |
| 27 | Then the tears came at last , and she could n't say another word . |
| 28 | The muffled voice behind the door sank at last into hopeless silence . |
| 29 | Whatever their errors — and they had been considerable — the Bolsheviks did at last establish some measure of order that allowed some recovery from the attrition of the years . |
| 30 | We also spoke of the encouraging future for South African cricket following recent changes in that long-isolated country , and of the good work being done by Ali Bacher and Steve Tshwete in uniting South African cricket at last , enabling former boycotters like myself to testify that the time had at last come to re-admit South African cricket to the international arena . |