Example sentences of "[conj] i reached the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The toilet consisted of a wc and basin , and the room was too small to get a ladder in there , so I reached the ceiling by standing on a chair . |
| 2 | My natural instinct once I reached the rather intimidating environment of London was to seek out other lesbians . |
| 3 | Once I reached the ski-road I thought I was ‘ home and dry ’ , until turning a bend I was confronted by a bull . |
| 4 | After some zigging and zagging , Adrian Scanlon and I reached the golf course outside Carrick-on-Shannon , said to lie on the old Woodbrook estate . |
| 5 | I crept along the riverside until I reached the culvert and hid myself among the banks of sweet cicely to read my book . |
| 6 | Should I give up the unequal struggle and wait until I reached the age of 16 ? |
| 7 | I tried to look straight ahead until I reached the top , then I entered our attic room and stood there as my eyes accustomed themselves to the dim light . |
| 8 | After crossing several fields I turned down to the right to follow a metalled road for a while until I reached the first real treat of the day , the Roman road . |
| 9 | I wanted to light a match , but knew there were only four matches left now , and that I must wait until I reached the Bible-box where I could first make a handful of paper spills to keep the flame going . |
| 10 | ‘ Although if I knew them and I wanted a nice picture — smiling , arms around each other — I would call out to them , but not before I reached the third frame . ’ |
| 11 | The painful contractions started before I reached the ward and by the time the ward nurse had brought me 2 paracetamol , I needed to go back to the delivery suite ! |
| 12 | Of course , this strategy had a distinct disadvantage in that each time I moved towards the light to serve the gentlemen , my advancing footsteps would echo long and loud before I reached the table , drawing attention to my impending arrival in the most ostentatious manner ; but it did have the great merit of making my person only partially visible while I remained stationary . |
| 13 | I 'd go shopping and start eating things before I reached the car . |
| 14 | I expected Father to chase me , but when I reached the corner and looked back he was just standing there talking to the thin man . |
| 15 | I was so caught up in what I was seeing that it was only when I reached the top of the close where they lived that I started to think again about what I was doing there , and it was then that my feelings of fear started . |
| 16 | When I reached the Old Street roundabout , it was time to pick an ultimate destination — which basically meant choosing somewhere to stay for the night . |
| 17 | Then when I reached the Mess , you letter was waiting for me , and it made me happy and sad at once , and I just HAD to write you a note , though I ca n't post it tonight . |
| 18 | When I reached the spot , I breathed in the herb 's mint/ammonia vapours and stared over the landscape . |
| 19 | But I doggedly believed that things would change , that they could only get better , yet when I reached the outcrop I wailed with despair . |
| 20 | It was 5 a.m. when I hit the M1 after leaving Lee at the flat and dropping Max off at his pub , and was quite tired when I reached the cottage at around 7.30 this morning . |
| 21 | When I reached the water 's edge I understood her dismay . |
| 22 | For form 's sake , when I reached the house , I tried the french windows , then , round at the back , the door . |
| 23 | It was half past two by my watch when I reached the Hamilton house . |
| 24 | ‘ All I know is that when I reached the house Barak was dead . |
| 25 | But when I reached the foss I encountered not a fairy , but my first school party of the day . |
| 26 | I went back to the beginning and started over , but had n't come to any conclusion when I reached the sign telling me that the Florabelle served the thickest steak in five counties . |
| 27 | When I reached the gate , I found Estella waiting for me . |
| 28 | But when I reached the great stone columns of the main gate , I stood still in horror . |
| 29 | I took a shorter way than Sapt and when I reached the moat , I hid my horse in the trees , tied my rope round a strong tree and let myself down into the water . |
| 30 | When I reached the stockade , the house lay in dark shadow . |