Example sentences of "finally [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , I wo n't cry over spilt milk , ’ Karen said as she finally recovered the last smithereen of dog . |
| 2 | On 14 May 1992 the Russian Parliament finally passed the second and final hearing of the Computer Program and Database Protection Law . |
| 3 | They all waited in silence behind the vestry door until a large shadow moved slowly across the path and finally enveloped the church all the way to the trees . |
| 4 | But it was this battle , won at huge cost by both Tyne Tees and Yorkshire , which finally propelled the companies into each others arms . |
| 5 | ENGLISH cricket yesterday finally became the sport in which it is a crime to tell the truth . |
| 6 | But geometers in the l9th century finally realised the possibility in theory of a space that defies this rule . |
| 7 | However , after two hours of negotiation , they finally realised the ‘ suspect ’ was the woman . |
| 8 | The shipmaster 's bellow and a wallop on the head from a daring sailor finally pierced the berserk rage . |
| 9 | The murmured words finally pierced the haze of unfamiliar pleasure induced by those hot , insistent kisses . |
| 10 | After three weeks of legal wrangling the Foreign Office finally asked the Americans for help . |
| 11 | When he finally lowered the heavy bulk of his sweating body onto the bed beside her , his roughened hands pressed her small thighs wide and he forced himself into her immediately , ignoring her repeated cries of pain . |
| 12 | Then , taking a deep breath , he began to talk , the words tumbling out of him as he finally admitted the truth . |
| 13 | Twenty-seven people were arrested when the police finally got the camp back under control in the early evening . |
| 14 | On 17 April 1764 , he finally got the go-ahead , providing of course that the new building was erected as economically as possible . |
| 15 | We thought all our problems were over when we finally got the rig set up , but now we 've got to examine a deluge of fresh rock ! ’ |
| 16 | Her method of accounting was unusual , but Nigel finally got the hang of it , and it was always exact . |
| 17 | It took a long time , but she finally got the drunken figure out of the door and closed it firmly behind him . |
| 18 | I was n't at all sure I was doing the right thing but I got up and started towards him as he finally got the clip to slide into the gun and snick home . |
| 19 | The wait in the ironmonger 's and the noises of cars and motor bikes turning and revving in the street worsened the pressure at the back of his neck so that as he finally got the machine into his van and thought of the relief of reaching home and doing the mowing , black tadpoles shot across his vision , zigzagging through all dimensions . |
| 20 | I think he finally got the message . ’ |
| 21 | Plans for the biggest private housing development in Europe finally got the go-ahead this afternoon . |
| 22 | PRINCESS Diana 's shy pal James Gilbey finally met the press yesterday … in a head-on road smash . |
| 23 | Santa Anna lost so much time and so many men in a pyrrhic victory , for which he need never have fought in the first place , that when he finally met the full Texan force under General Sam Houston he was utterly defeated . |
| 24 | In a desperately tense tittle battle with John Kocinski , which often overflowed with off-track vitriol , Cardus finally lacked the killer instinct when he needed it most . |
| 25 | Jack finally crested the hill and stood in the shadow of the Monument . |
| 26 | In 1955 , after months of agonizing , Dennis and Millie Jones finally made the momentous decision that they would leave the security of tiny Maesteg in Mid Glamorgan and head for a new life of the other side of the world . |
| 27 | After a succession of jobs as bellhop , waiter , car-park attendant , like a bit-part actor who finally made the big time in this aquatic Hollywood , he has built a career out of surfing big waves . |
| 28 | WITH a meaningless tournament offering a first prize of $2 million , tennis finally made the grade as a cuckoo 's nest this week . |
| 29 | After the break , Andy Hessenthaler twice breeched the Leeds defence , before Holdsworth finally made the breakthrough . |
| 30 | After months oon and half-hearted denials Novell Inc last week finally made the move to acquire all of Unix System Laboratories Inc from AT&T Co and its eleven other stockholders . |