Example sentences of "[art] [noun] had [prep] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | Because it applied to all bodies everywhere , the universe had at last become a universe . |
| 3 | So the question had at last been put and answered . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | When the secretary had at last left them , she lay back in her chair and gave a long sigh of exasperation . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The fire had at last begun to warm the room up a bit , and the brandy was warming him up inside , and Preston was suddenly feeling terribly , terribly randy . |
| 11 | Both insisted that any bilateral talks should wait until after the international conference , for which a date had at last been set : President Roosevelt issued a statement on 4 September inviting the nations of the world to a conference on international civil aviation to be held in Chicago in November . |
| 12 | An ultimatum had at last been agreed , which gave Hitler until eleven o'clock next morning to withdraw from Poland lock , stock and barrel . |