Example sentences of "[pron] had finally [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It felt fragile at first , but it was as if I had finally come up for air after nearly drowning in a pool of lies . |
| 2 | That afternoon , hearing him talk about his sister , then lying beneath the trees with him , she had really thought she had finally broken through to a real live human being beneath the glacial exterior . |
| 3 | They had wanted each other from that first night , and now , in this dimly lit room , with Nicolo 's mouth on hers , with his hands on her breasts , she had finally run out of lies and excuses , not just for him but for herself . |
| 4 | She had finally walked out on him and it had only been the intervention of Philpott that had brought them back together again . |
| 5 | It had been he himself , Lewis , who had finally got on to the man there who was in the process of completing the proofs for the forthcoming seminal opus entitled Pre-Conquest Craftsmanship in Southern Britain , by Theodore S. Kemp , MA , DPhil ; the man who had been closeted with Kemp that fateful morning , and who had confirmed that Kemp had not left the offices until about 12.30 p.m . |
| 6 | ‘ She 's a tough customer , ’ remarked Melissa when they had finally settled down for the night . |
| 7 | After a chase on foot of over three miles he had finally run out of puff and offered to fight me for the goods . |
| 8 | He had finally petered out after a lifetime 's toil at the loom . |
| 9 | For ages he had been meaning to call in at a place down by the Elephant and Castle where they sold gramophone parts , but it was not until this morning that he had finally got around to it . |
| 10 | As he had finally got back to Mrs Lorimer 's and was washing his face , he was wondering how much of the dirty water of the drug scene had washed over Rose and Steve . |
| 11 | It was already beginning to feel as if the last four years had never happened ; as if she were still the confused , angry , raw-nerved girl she had been when he had finally walked out on her . |