Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [prep] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Candidate ( thinking he has at last come upon a Village Hampden ) : ‘ I can not conceive that the Election can in any way affect your rights here . ’ |
| 2 | A rich and aged relative , who has little use left for his wealth , refuses to give him the money he needs to go to Bali ( he has at last made up his mind ) , but there is an opportunity to steal it from him . |
| 3 | Mr Mitterrand appears so delighted with the ultra-courteous Edouard Balladur , that some Socialists wonder whether he has at last found the prime minister of his dreams . |
| 4 | He has at last achieved his ambition to look both indistinguishable and distinctive . |
| 5 | Yes , he has at last . |
| 6 | ‘ I see what you mean , ’ he says at last . |
| 7 | ‘ What about ? ’ he asks at last . |
| 8 | The Times , once an ardent supporter of Chadwick , was particularly vicious in its appraisal of his administrative career , chortling that Mr Chadwick would receive his final reward ‘ when he falls at last a sanitary martyr to a choked two-inch pipe drain and is carried by policemen … to an extramural cemetery ’ . |