Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [vb pp] [prep] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | The water cooled too quickly for her to stay long in the bath , but afterwards she lay fully dressed on the bed for a while , listening , her spirits rising as she realised that the wind had dropped at last . |
| 2 | He added : ‘ The lads have learned from last season . |
| 3 | Winter has come at last , and we have had some severe frosts , but we are still getting quite a lot of sun , in marked contrast to last year 's everlasting grey skies . |
| 4 | And if it turns out that the right mood has arrived at last , there are plenty of ideas waiting for attention . |
| 5 | And then a log broke in the hearth , sending sparks cascading , and the shadows leapt , and Grainne remembered all of the old stories , and could almost have believed that the ancient Ireland had awoken at last ; that goblins and satyrs and cloven-hoofed , pointed-eared creatures were prancing in the room with them . |
| 6 | Jared and Mary Tunstall had arrived at last in London , summoned by Orrin when it became apparent that Sally-Anne could not be traced . |
| 7 | The birds gave voice so vigorously that relief that the sun had come at last might almost be detected in their song — the warm , exhilarating sun . |
| 8 | The Green Party is facing severe financial crisis after membership has plummeted from last year 's record high . |
| 9 | Hendry Morrison , general manager of Aberdeen Cargo Handling Services is pleased by the way the business has grown since last December . |
| 10 | The managers of such funds are on the stump , spreading the message that their day has come at last . |
| 11 | let them sweetly dream that in Britain the great day has come at last . |
| 12 | Meh'Lindi seemed sated at last . |
| 13 | Mr Darman felt burnt by last year 's clean-air act . |
| 14 | Further north , and a few miles west of Fréteval , which Philip had held since last June , the lord of Vendôme switched his allegiance to France . |
| 15 | Even the child in Molly 's arms smiled sleepily when her sisters told her that the water had come at last . |
| 16 | The heyday of scientific economics had arrived at last . |
| 17 | increase in the number of patients treated compared with last year , which is higher even than the Government 's forecast increase in patient care . |
| 18 | For now they sit like shareholders at the annual general meeting of a company whose profits have fallen on last year 's . |
| 19 | Fergie enthused : ‘ Peter has IMPROVED from last season . |
| 20 | ‘ So reunion has come at last , thanks , I think I may say , to me , ’ Neville Chamberlain wrote to his sister . |
| 21 | But her ear plugs were not impregnable and — the music having stopped at last — she did hear a tap on the door . |
| 22 | It was the first time the bishops had met following last November 's historic vote by the Church of England 's General Synod in favour of women 's ordination as priests . |
| 23 | She rose from her knees to face two pairs of eyes in which hope had died at last . |
| 24 | It was a two-horse race but there is no doubt Carvill 's Hill 's jumping has improved since last season when he won all the four races in which he finished . |
| 25 | The clouds had parted at last , and the western sky was flooded with shining gold . |
| 26 | Mrs Beavis had gone at last . |
| 27 | I 'm not quite sure when the official handing in date for this essay is , because of the fact that some essays have overrun from last term . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The chart on the next page shows how industrial production has fared since last July compared with the past three recessions . |
| 30 | This series has run from last March , and by now we have hopefully supplied every bit of information the beginner requires to set up an efficient basic tropical tank ( throughout this feature we back-reference for your convenience if you missed earlier articles ) . |