Example sentences of "last i [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 So , when at last I came to a small village with a large church , I decided that perhaps the priest might be the best person to tell me where these prehistoric pagans buried their dead .
2 When at last I came to the start of the mad little road to Lochinver , I followed it over the bleak moorland , Stac Polly now appearing as a black spire in a halo of sunlight .
3 As they moved towards me , I moved away , but at last I came to a part of the field where rain had knocked down the corn .
4 That was the last I seen of him .
5 He stopped , and Nuadu waited , ‘ At last I bargained with the Soul Eaters , ’ said the Robemaker softly .
6 As regards myself I rarely ever tire or find the day too long though I am constantly walking a circumstance which being considered much to my health being better able to bear fatigue than when last I walked over the hills with you and I found your advice not to take spirits very very judicious .
7 We left 406 in October 1943 , and that was the last I heard of them until I received my Spring 1991 issue of Air Mail when I spotted that 406 Sqn were having a 50th Anniversary Celebration and Reunion in earlyh May at Shearwater Forces Base , Dartmouth , Nova Scotia .
8 The last I heard of Ralph Horton was when Dave chucked him and went with Ken Pitt . ’
9 I had a feeling it would be the last I heard of him .
10 Erm I think she was a teacher , she 's got a brother Jim who was a housemaster at School in Suffolk , last I heard of him , I saw him mm probably in the nineteen f fifties I should think .
11 The last I heard of them .
12 She came and collected the keys , and that was the last I heard from her .
13 The last I saw of Jordi was when he turned his head towards me before getting into the car , smiled , and gave a shrug .
14 That was the last I saw of him .
15 That was the last I saw of Will . "
16 ‘ The last I saw of him was as he entered the bedroom , ’ Petion replied .
17 The last I saw of her she was standing in the lounge aiming a stool at me .
18 ‘ The last I saw of them , they were all busy checking the distances for the car jump , ’ she said .
19 The last I saw of Angy was a few minutes after the class ended .
20 There is no poor law infirmary nearer than Waterford , so I took her there , and that was the last I saw of that dreadful day .
21 ‘ Downstairs in the canteen , last I saw of him . ’
22 That was the last I saw of him . ’
23 Although it was late she did this , kissed me goodnight and that was the last I saw of ever her . ’
24 That was the last I saw of him . ’
25 The last I saw of it was the bow sticking out of the water as the ship broke its back , and it went up in a V-shape , a Victory sign if you like , but we knew there were two men on board , one of whom I knew as a mess-mate . ’
26 ‘ That was the last I saw of him , ’ added Mrs Strand .
27 At last I calmed in the face of the sheer horror of the tragedy .
28 At last I got on a bus , which trundled quite briskly to the far end of the King 's Road , but after World 's End , where the streets were darker , the fog seemed to close in and the bus was forced to nose its way cautiously along in first gear .
29 I respond to them all , but in many cases that is the last I hear from the senders .
30 That 's the last I see of Greg for some time !
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