Example sentences of "when [prep] last [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When at last a waiter said ‘ Your table is ready , ’ Sara looked at her watch again and found that it was nine-fifteen . |
| 2 | The ringing seemed to go on and on and when at last a voice answered it took Jinny by surprise . |
| 3 | When at last a general election was held on 29 September 1955 it was with proportional representation on the Dutch list system . |
| 4 | When at last a reluctant taker was found he asked to be recalled almost as soon as he had arrived at his post . |
| 5 | The ironical and fundamental point is that during these post-war years , when international demand for tropical commodities for the first time since 1921 really justified vast investments in the Colonies ; when the Colonies had a huge back-log of demand for essential equipment ; when at last the British government was equipped with power to give or lend considerable sums to top up what the Colonies could afford to invest from their own accumulating surplus ; and when . |
| 6 | Fortunately , it usually happened that the rejected lover did not go away , and when at last the heroine was free , there he was , waiting still . |
| 7 | When at last the government saw how matters were developing , it began to reproach industry for failing to respond to its ‘ anti-inflationary ’ measures . |
| 8 | When at last the shrill voice was silent the Trapper said : ‘ She says the boy may go but you are to stay here . ’ |
| 9 | But when at last the planes turned away and headed for land , the order was given for all passengers to get below . |
| 10 | When at last the work was finished , Mina and Kāli packed a basket with some clean clothes and went together to the stream to wash . |
| 11 | When at last the child was comforted , Māilo looked up at me across the fire . |
| 12 | When at last the consumer does rediscover the spending habit , those survivors should see a very satisfactory margin benefit . |
| 13 | On the way home from school that afternoon she began to mull over the various possibilities , and when at last the germ of a brilliant idea hit her , she began to expand on it and lay her plans with the same kind of care the Duke of Wellington had done before the Battle of Waterloo . |
| 14 | Of the two Asian models for Vietnamese independence , China and Japan , China was always more immediate and when at last the Chinese Empire fell to pieces and the Manchu dynasty ended in 1911 , the impact of this revolution was full of promise for Vietnam . |
| 15 | When at last the waves sluice over them , each shakes her body convulsively so that the brown eggs swill away in the water and , with a touching gesture of apparent exultation , lifts her claws above her head as if waving a salute . |
| 16 | When at last the two do meet , she lifts her wing and her baby nuzzles into her armpit to drink . |
| 17 | When at last the influx appeared to have slowed to a trickle , the engine was started . |
| 18 | ‘ Which way ? ’ he asked , when at last the engine spluttered into life , and she directed him the wrong way round so that they might overtake and confront the trio lurching towards Midnight Mass . |
| 19 | When at last the joss stick on the altar burned down , their mother ushered them to their father 's study and arranged them in a line before his writing-table on which the bamboo cane had already been laid out . |
| 20 | When at last the All Clear sounded her mother was undisturbed by it , and so were the two little girls asleep on a bunk bed . |
| 21 | And when at last the whole death was assured , |
| 22 | John 's hands were numb when at last the climb ended . |
| 23 | When at last the French coast came in sight , a cheer went up from the soldiers on deck . |
| 24 | When at last the guns were in position , utter exhaustion on the part of the gunners sorely reduced both the rapidity and accuracy of their fire . |