Example sentences of "he was at last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two hundred years after Ken 's consecration as a bishop , a monument to him was at last placed in Wells Cathedral . |
| 2 | By swinging his legs he was at last able to make painful progress , so that eventually he was half in and half out of the building . |
| 3 | Less than a mile to go as they pinged over the three obstacles set close together at the far end of the back straight , and Mill House was ail of three lengths ahead : as they stretched out round the long sweeping turn towards the Pond Fence , the third from home , it really seemed as if he was at last going to take his revenge on Arkle . |
| 4 | He now travelled in disguise from St Malo on 18 December 1715 , to Dunkirk , from where , after a six-week wait , he was at last able to set off on a small eight-gun 200-tonner , for Scotland . |
| 5 | After hours of going round and round the stable yard , he was at last satisfied with her deportment in the saddle and she , herself , felt at one with her mount . |
| 6 | Only when he was at last on his way , did he realise that he wanted a woman . |
| 7 | And there he was at last , a tall youth in a light summer shirt which showed her how his shoulders were already visibly broadening . |
| 8 | She smiled with relief , thinking he was at last calling off his proposal . |
| 9 | But at the age of forty he was at last beginning to wonder whether the image he created for himself in his twenties could stay with him for ever . |