Example sentences of "[noun sg] had [verb] [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | Even the child in Molly 's arms smiled sleepily when her sisters told her that the water had come at last . |
| 4 | The heyday of scientific economics had arrived at last . |
| 5 | She rose from her knees to face two pairs of eyes in which hope had died at last . |
| 6 | The time had come at last for Confucius to bow to the sages of the modern world ! |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |