Example sentences of "he [vb past] at last " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Adam , ’ he whispered at last , ‘ Adam — boy — remember yourself ! |
2 | ‘ It 's true , ’ he whispered at last , carefully . |
3 | ‘ Ilbrec ! ’ he whispered at last . |
4 | Then the Annamite woman began to sob and he relented at last and raised himself from her ; still moaning quietly to herself she scrambled from the cot onto the dirt floor , gathered her scraps of clothing together and fled past the American woman into the rain . |
5 | ‘ But I think of you as a creative writer , ’ he hazarded at last , amazed at his own effrontery . |
6 | ‘ Thoo knows what 's tekken place , Aah reckons , ’ he announced at last . |
7 | ‘ Was he taking it to the person it belongs to ? ’ he asked at last , and it was as though all the time he had been trying to frame the question in a special way . |
8 | ‘ Should he be so red ? ’ he asked at last . |
9 | " You took that money ? " he asked at last . |
10 | ‘ What ? ’ he asked at last , in a faint voice . |
11 | ‘ Do you mean that ? ’ he asked at last , his voice astonishingly gentle in contrast to that violent physical sensation . |
12 | " 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 . |
13 | " Why are n't you interested in this good news ? " he asked at last in an exasperated voice . |
14 | ‘ What does this mean ? ’ he asked at last . |
15 | ‘ Where is your horse ? ’ he asked at last . |
16 | ‘ Do other men make you react like this ? ’ he asked at last . |
17 | ‘ Ready to go ? ’ he asked at last , but she hesitated and ducked her head , and he stepped towards her . |
18 | ‘ What does ‘ exploit ’ mean ? ’ he asked at last . |
19 | ‘ Are you going to ask me in ? ’ he asked at last . |
20 | ‘ How did I manage that ? ’ he asked at last , in a flat , uninflected tone very different from the passionate outburst of a moment earlier . |
21 | ‘ She never told me about Shergold but it was common gossip how he felt about her , ’ he admitted at last . |
22 | ‘ I did behave like a fool , ’ he admitted at last . |
23 | ‘ I heard the bell ring , ’ he ventured at last . |
24 | ‘ Of course ! ’ he exclaimed at last . |
25 | ‘ Used to be three five one , ’ he pronounced at last . |
26 | ‘ I suppose Eleanor can stay for coffee , ’ he muttered at last . |
27 | ‘ Something like that , ’ he murmured at last . |
28 | When he came at last , he saw it at once . |
29 | 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 . |
30 | 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 . |