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Example sentences for "last they"

  • At last they came to a place where they could see the deserted house, far up on the side of a ravine above a river and a waterfalls.

  • Into the country, they sped, until at last they came to a lonely turn in a lonely road, somewhat removed from the section that was rapidly being built up as population reached out from the city, but on a single-tracked trolley line.

  • The air certainly did, if anything, heighten the beauty of Elaine and at last they arrived at Aunt Tabby's, tired and hungry.

  • On through the pretty country roads the chauffeur drove the heavily veiled widow until at last they came to Del Mar's bungalow.

  • Through the underground passage the two groped their way, lighted by an electric torch, until at last they came to the entrance hidden in the underbrush, near the shore.

  • At last they settled on the foretopmast, whereupon one of the sailors went up to try and catch them.

  • Years following years, steal something every day; At last they steal us from ourselves away.

  • At last they left us, steaming round the yacht in the tug, and giving us some hearty cheers as they passed.

  • At last they entered, and found the place empty.

  • At last they saw a very small hut roofed with dry talahib (coarse, long grass).

  • At last they made so many plots against his life, that he gave up all his property and friends in the town, and went to live in Mount Arayat, where he devoted all his time to gaining the friendship of the animals there.

  • At last they succeeded in opening a wardrobe opposite the window, between the fireplace and the bed.

  • At last they reached a rock, so small that there was scarcely room for them to sit down upon it.

  • At last they agreed to fix the price at twenty-five sous.

  • At last they ended by forbidding their children to speak to one another.

  • They stopped for lunch on a warm rock beside a singing waterfall, and at last they turned an elbow in the stream and with suddenly widened vision beheld the lake's sapphire expanse and the distant circle of hills.

  • At last they came to a white gate in the picket fence, in sight of a rambling wooden house with a veranda in front covered with honeysuckle.

  • At last they came to the great chamber, where the Queen sat on a magnificent throne of ice, and when she saw the crowd she started to her feet.

  • At last they reached an open square, and there was the greatest crowd of all.

  • At last they came to a bed where a little child was lying fast asleep, and a woman was sitting beside the child and fanning it.

  • There at last they paused, where an ancient gaoler sat fingering a bunch of mighty keys.

  • So at last they were in the secret passage, and the cutting-out expedition had really begun!

  • They tracked their sons from tree to tree until at last they came to the place where the mubboos had stood.

  • At last they ran to two mubboo or beef-wood trees, and clung tightly to them.

  • This he did time after time, until at last they su spected him, and decided that one of them would watch.

  • So at last they went to a mighty warlock and asked him what they should do.

  • At last they saw a light and made for it; it turned out to be a house.

  • So they lived on the bag of gold for some time, but at last they came to the end of that so Jack made up his mind to try his luck once more up at the top of the beanstalk.

  • At last they came to the great town gate, through which Stutely saw the fair country beyond, with hills and dales all clothed in verdure, and far away the dusky line of Sherwood's skirts.

  • Thus at last they came to the open glade, and the broad, wide-spreading greenwood tree which was their home for so many years.

  • Onward they walked with song and jest and laughter till noontide was passed, when at last they came to the banks of a wide, glassy, and lily-padded stream.

  • So at last they came to that part of Sherwood Forest where a noble oak spread its branches wide, and beneath it was a seat all made of moss, on which Robin sat down, placing the Sheriff at his right hand.

  • At last they came to where the road took a sudden bend, and before them a herd of dun deer went tripping across the path.

  • At last they had to abandon the attempt, and to resume their journey on foot, aided by their faithful old packhorse, which had recruited strength during the winter.

  • At last they came so near that I saw that I must abandon my horse.

  • At last they agreed to separate, the two intending to attempt the difficult passage back to St. Louis, while the brave captain remained, and finally reached the great Arkansas Valley in safety.

  • At last they camped, took off the bodies of the wagons, covered them with buffalo-hides, and smearing them with tallow and ashes, thus turned them into boats.

  • Thus at last they came to the river, that flowed before them vague in the half-light, whose sullen waters gurgled evilly among the willows that drooped upon the marge.

  • At last they broke up, each of them tired out with feeling and alleging his own superiority.

  • At first they could not budge the doctor's son, but at last they gained a few inches, and then the rest was easy.

  • But the wolves were really gone, and at last they dropped to the ground.

  • At last they came to a place where there were paths, and tracks of cattle.

  • At last they gave it back to her, much-soiled, but holding its treasures safe.

  • At last they hunted up a book that told how heavy gold is.

  • At last they were so much bruised and scratched, they were obliged to give up this plan.

  • It was a very dangerous thing to do, but at last they got to the island.

  • At last they came to him in such numbers that Martyn was obliged to say to many of them that he could not see them.

  • At last they broke in upon the rocky valleys of Afghanistan and came to the gateway of India--to Kabul.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "last they" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    assumed command; chop fine; easily soluble; inch and; last arrived; last book; last century; last come; last consented; last letter; last made; last night; last obliged; last resort; last resource; last the; last they; last time; last volume; last winter; last year; lasting peace; minute more; send away; shop girl; would burst