Example sentences of "and be [prep] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | But once they had left the house , and were at last too far away to hear her aunt 's and uncle 's farewells , or to see them as they stood outside in the yard , silhouetted against the lighted kitchen , excitement began to creep into Ruth and her spirits began to lift . |
| 2 | It can take some comfort from the rise of 7.5 per cent in its vote and from the fact that it came second to Labour in so many seats and is at last beginning to nibble at Labour 's huge majorities in the Central Belt . |
| 3 | Sir Philip angrily pressed the innkeeper to say whatever he knew of Coleridge , and was at last told the innocent truth : |
| 4 | Writing moved from ( i ) a supporting and recording function , in societies in which oral composition and tradition were still predominant , through ( ii ) a stage in which this function was joined by written composition for oral performance and ( iii ) a further stage in which composition was additionally written only to be read , to ( iv ) that later and very familiar stage in which most or virtually all composition was written to be silently read , and was at last , for this reason , generalized as ‘ literature ’ . |
| 5 | In the same decade , Edweard Muybridge developed high-speed photography of men and animals in motion , and was at last able to clear up the question of how horses gallop . |
| 6 | " It 's no bother , " he said , and was at last pleased with the way he had said something ; warm , strong , not patronising , but caring , Did she hear it that way , though ? |