Example sentences of "[noun sg] [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | And if it turns out that the right mood has arrived at last , there are plenty of ideas waiting for attention . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The Green Party is facing severe financial crisis after membership has plummeted from last year 's record high . |
| 6 | Hendry Morrison , general manager of Aberdeen Cargo Handling Services is pleased by the way the business has grown since last December . |
| 7 | The managers of such funds are on the stump , spreading the message that their day has come at last . |
| 8 | let them sweetly dream that in Britain the great day has come at last . |
| 9 | Even the child in Molly 's arms smiled sleepily when her sisters told her that the water had come at last . |
| 10 | The heyday of scientific economics had arrived at last . |
| 11 | ‘ So reunion has come at last , thanks , I think I may say , to me , ’ Neville Chamberlain wrote to his sister . |
| 12 | But her ear plugs were not impregnable and — the music having stopped at last — she did hear a tap on the door . |
| 13 | She rose from her knees to face two pairs of eyes in which hope had died at last . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The chart on the next page shows how industrial production has fared since last July compared with the past three recessions . |
| 17 | The time had come at last for Confucius to bow to the sages of the modern world ! |
| 18 | Half the fleet had arrived by last night , including the joint services yacht Satquote British Defender , which was beaten for eighth place by only 37 minutes by the first of the three Finnish challengers , Martela OF . |
| 19 | The black velvet dress she was wearing — the weather had changed at last — set off her pale skin and blonde hair , and she was looking forward to a new academic year . |