Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] finally [vb past] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the tumour continued to grow and she finally opted for surgery and chemotherapy . |
| 2 | He had things to learn before he finally pushed for home . |
| 3 | But when I finally got to bed again it was well into Monday morning and it was Monday afternoon when I surfaced and there was a policeman on the door and it had n't been a nightmare after all . |
| 4 | After overhearing comments surrounding Toni 's gender and nationality — by fellow Americans , I was relieved when she finally appeared on stage at 9.15pm . |
| 5 | When they finally stood in front of him , they realized why he had not answered . |
| 6 | A transcript of the tape-recording made in the restaurant was a central plank in the prosecution case when it finally came to court eighteen months later . |
| 7 | Then , when it finally dropped from exhaustion , it was killed . |
| 8 | The sun was settling into the tree-tops up the line when it finally curved into view . |
| 9 | When he finally returned to power , he was careful not to preside over the new Gaullist party , the UNR , in the same direct way that he had led the RPF . |
| 10 | When he finally died of alcoholism , she returned to the only job she knew , dancing . |
| 11 | When he finally paused for breath , I said , ‘ Hold on a moment ’ and explained that , although obviously nobody wants to spend more than they have to on anything , in my case it was a matter of principle , because I wanted my husband 's funeral to be a personal affair in which he would be ministered to by his loved-ones , not strangers . |
| 12 | That it was all undignified , that it was really rather unpleasant , that it was somehow dehumanizing for Harold — these considerations went by the board as he finally rolled on top of her , grunting fiercely in a tone no one at Magdalen would have recognized . |