Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] at last [art] " in BNC.

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1 The ringing seemed to go on and on and when at last a voice answered it took Jinny by surprise .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 And when at last the whole death was assured ,
6 But when at last the planes turned away and headed for land , the order was given for all passengers to get below .
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