Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pron] at last " in BNC.
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| 1 | The girl was glued to the spot , terror-struck , pop-eyed , quivering , knowing for certain that the Day of Judgment had come for her at last . |
| 2 | Almost two years after the beer orders went through the House , we are entitled to ask the Minister what good came of them at last . |
| 3 | I am reminded of the famous poem , by Robert Southey , about the battle of Blenheim , when little Peterkin asks : ’ But what good came of it at last ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Well , old fellow in the cellarage , ’ she whispered lightly to herself , though the breath was shallow in her throat , ‘ it seems I must speak with you at last . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ It 's heart-warming , ’ volunteered Mr Kronweiser , ‘ that justice will be done to him at last . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Annunziata , are you all right ? ’ asked Julia when the question of dinner was settled , relieved to be able to talk to her at last with reasonable fluency . |
| 7 | ‘ Could it be the Angels , trying to talk to us at last ? ’ |
| 8 | Ruth was looking at her at last with sharp , bright black eyes . |
| 9 | The Doctor turned to her at last . |
| 10 | She could see that she had got to it at last . |
| 11 | So got rid of him at last , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , and went in to the glass . |
| 12 | He would be rid of him at last . |
| 13 | She felt the bones give and moved away quickly , coughing now , the smoke getting to her at last . |
| 14 | Was he running for it at last ? |
| 15 | Today though Her Majesty 's ambassador to Moscow visited Maxat the horse and announced that a home has been found for him at last in the Queen 's household Cavalry . |
| 16 | Got him to agree to it at last . |
| 17 | She might even , he suggested , as they went to the stairs , benefit from a quiet winter with her sister to help and think what joy lay ahead with Oreste brought to her at last . |
| 18 | She looked at him at last , with such obvious disgust that de Raimes ’ face darkened . |
| 19 | ‘ Praise from you at last , Peregrine . |
| 20 | ‘ May God rest your soul , Mother , ’ I heard him say to himself at last . |
| 21 | He made himself say to me at last , after weeks of dithering like a frightened diver on a rock , ‘ D' you think my Jammie will ever go in bed with me ? |