Example sentences of "he [vb past] at last [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Are you going on Surete General business ? " he asked at last in a low voice after glancing around again to see if they could be overheard . |
| 2 | " Why are n't you interested in this good news ? " he asked at last in an exasperated voice . |
| 3 | Outside , he headed for the bridge and there , halfway across , he came at last to a halt , with traffic rushing past , the river gleaming below and the city reaching away in an infinite complex parade of shining white and pearly grey with light snapping from windows and cars . |
| 4 | He came at last to a small , lean-to workshop where a girl , seated at a bench with her back to him , was decorating a pot placed on a turntable . |
| 5 | ‘ Every man 's death diminishes us , Robert , ’ he observed , ‘ and I 'm sorry that he should die now when he seemed at last to be recovering his dignity . ’ |
| 6 | On his return he settled at last under the protection of Cuthbert , first in the saint 's own resting place at Durham , then in a hermitage under the protection of Durham cathedral priory at Finchale by the river Wear — and the rest of his life is filled with his prayers and visions and miracles at Finchale . |
| 7 | ‘ My dear , ’ he said at last to Edith , ‘ do you think you might enjoy the rat of your holiday at Broadstairs ? ’ |
| 8 | " Okay , Chuck , " he said at last in a resigned voice , " show Momma 's boy here how to shoot muntjac ! " |