Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] reached the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this point in Uncle Albert 's path around his study he reached the fireplace and caught sight of the clock on the mantlepiece . |
| 2 | By a miracle I found I could do it : standing upright on the pedals and pedalling with all my might I reached the road , where Nora was waiting for me . |
| 3 | He was walking her home , and she planned to throw her arms round him the moment they reached the gate of her house and to kiss him which would no doubt make him stand stock still , completely flabbergasted . |
| 4 | At that moment they reached the ruined abbey and she fell silent at its sheer beauty . |
| 5 | The following day we reached the Asaimara frontier . |
| 6 | On the afternoon of New Year 's Day we reached the road end , picked the car up and returned to Queenstown . |
| 7 | On the fourth day they reached the depot at 80° South . |
| 8 | The following month he reached the third round of the glitzy Paris tournament and he had cracked it . |
| 9 | At length she reached the end of the stitches and looked with bright interest at her companion . |
| 10 | Skipping down old moraine we reached the banks of the Shyok , more than 160 miles above our last crossing point . |
| 11 | When at length they reached the expected doorway it was to find the door open . |
| 12 | The animals now rejected him , and he was led on by stages ; learning to wear clothes , eat human food , herd sheep , and make war on the wolf and lion , until at length he reached the great civilized city of Utuk . |
| 13 | To the east it reached the Indus Valley , where it has been found at Harappan sites , contemporary once again with lapis lazuli . |
| 14 | In my learning process last year I reached the point where I could ride faster but take fewer risks . |
| 15 | The further north we reached the more weird and wonderful floating contraptions we encountered , merchant ships converted to drilling barges , special pipe-laying barges which were mini-townships within themselves with populations of up to 200 crewmen . |
| 16 | Last year they reached the semis at Wimbledon , also unseeded . |
| 17 | By the time I reached the road the medics were bringing the casualties to the First Aid post . |
| 18 | I walked fast , to keep warm , so it may have been that I was a little above myself by the time I reached the school where the classes were held , because that night , try as I would , I could not believe anything our teacher was telling us . |
| 19 | ‘ By the time I reached the first green my clubs were soaked . |
| 20 | By the time I reached the furthest peak I was feeling distinctly sick . |
| 21 | Good friends from the start , as well as matchless needlers of each other and trigger-happy competitors , they put together such a record of collisions and accidents and general ‘ brouhaha that by the time I reached the FI scene , both were considered as ‘ wild men ’ who needed some settling down . |
| 22 | By the time I reached the address , I could not decide whether I should ask him to wait . |
| 23 | By the time I reached the quay the water out in the centre of the Strait was darkening with little puffs of wind and the mountains west of the town were half obscured by cloud . |
| 24 | With a new lease of energy I reached the top only a minute or two after them . |
| 25 | Sara 's legs were trembling with exhaustion by the time she reached the stables . |
| 26 | By the time she reached the bottom the dragon had vanished , but this , far from mattering , only added to her amusement . |
| 27 | By the time she reached the shorter flight of stairs on the half-landing , Frankie had retreated all the way to his room and closed the door behind him , leaving only the smallest gap through which he peered with one eye . |
| 28 | By the time she reached the gate at the top of the yard , he was striding dutifully at his mother 's heels . |
| 29 | By the time she reached the ground , Brownie Owl had arrived . |
| 30 | The sound of strange footsteps upset all the animals , who gave tongue in their various ways , and a deafening concert was in full swing by the time she reached the door and rang the bell . |