Example sentences of "he had at last " in BNC.

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1 After much hesitation he had at last begun work on an autobiography which , sadly , remains unfinished .
2 He was glad he had at last found someone who believed in his natural superiority .
3 By 15 October 1796 , almost a month after the birth of his son David Hartley Coleridge , he had at last reached a decision .
4 ‘ Sheisse , ’ he added explosively as if he had at last allowed himself to be convinced of something which he had wanted to believe for a long time .
5 With Angel gone there was no need to humble herself and inquire if he had at last returned to work .
6 Instead the address which he had at last been persuaded to give was in a short and narrow street off the Edgware Road , an enclave of cheap , unsmart cafés chiefly Goan and Greek .
7 But there had been little doubt he would go from the moment Micheal Hurley had called during the Thanksgiving holiday to say he had at last been funded for a major operation in the Middle East and would Coleman be interested in going back to Cyprus as a DEA contractor ?
8 For some time now he had been certain that he had at last evolved a diction appropriate both to the requirements of classical epic and to the subtleties of the alchemical process .
9 He had at last accepted her as a friend and began whining and wriggling with pleasure as she approached .
10 ‘ Yes , she does look better , ’ replied Melissa , thinking that the return of Rodney 's jacket must have convinced Eleanor that he had at last been eliminated from police enquiries .
11 When he had at last regained consciousness no one had expected him to be more than a vegetable .
12 He was unhappy but he felt he had at last sorted his life out .
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