Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pers pn] at last " in BNC.

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1 Nausea overwhelmed her at last .
2 Only as the cloverleaf began to appear as a grey shape in the otherwise black wall did I at last fall into a dream-wracked sleep .
3 Her scorn stung him at last .
4 Only on his way home at lunchtime did he at last rouse himself enough to make a detour , and stop by at his brother 's apartment and invite Franco to come home with him for lunch .
5 He had no idea , for the letter forced him at last to admit to himself that he knew nothing about his son , that he had lost touch with him , had allowed him over the years to drift further and further away so that now they were virtual strangers .
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