Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] 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 | His Mum had n't taken him to work with her since last year . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It 's heart-warming , ’ volunteered Mr Kronweiser , ‘ that justice will be done to him at last . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ Could it be the Angels , trying to talk to us at last ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ A few things have cropped up that I did n't have a chance to talk to you about last night . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Actually , ’ he said slowly , ‘ I came down here to talk to you about last night . ’ |
| 11 | The FA will not pursue the matter and yesterday they agreed to take no action against referee Ray Lewis , who was accused by a fan of swearing at him during last week 's match between Barnet and Walsall . |
| 12 | Ruth was looking at her at last with sharp , bright black eyes . |
| 13 | The row is over her attempt to evict Xoliswa Falati , who was accused with her in last year 's sensational kidnap and assault trial , from one of the Mandela homes in Soweto . |
| 14 | The Doctor turned to her at last . |
| 15 | Because , I mean , I , I 've , I 've got three weeks holiday owing to me from last year . |
| 16 | She could see that she had got to it at last . |
| 17 | Yeah , well it 's , they 've done nowt but look at it for last three month . |
| 18 | So got rid of him at last , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , and went in to the glass . |
| 19 | He would be rid of him at last . |
| 20 | She felt the bones give and moved away quickly , coughing now , the smoke getting to her at last . |
| 21 | I have n't heard from her since last summer . |
| 22 | Was he running for it at last ? |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Got him to agree to it at last . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | She looked at him at last , with such obvious disgust that de Raimes ’ face darkened . |
| 27 | Indeed , if I had thought that , I would no doubt have been disabused of it by last night 's debate , to which my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State , the hon. Member for Maidstone ( Miss Widdecombe ) so ably replied . |
| 28 | ‘ But there will be books to buy from men who are finished with them from last year ; it will cost less , ’ said Willie . |
| 29 | ‘ Praise from you at last , Peregrine . |
| 30 | 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 ? |