Example sentences of "[vb past] reach the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All 12 runners , including defending Sprint champion Sheikh Albadou , Rodrigo De Triano , Dr Devious and Selkirk , failed to reach the first three . |
| 2 | ‘ The fact that we failed to reach the second round is a blow in many ways and I am so disappointed for everybody . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ The fact that we failed to reach the second round is a blow in many ways and I am so disappointed for everybody . ’ |
| 4 | Although with treatment they made gains in growth at least comparable with other patients , 59% ( 10 of 17 ) followed up to maturity failed to reach the third centile for adult height . |
| 5 | ‘ If we had gone out over two legs to Leeds and failed to reach the last eight of the European Cup , Rangers would have been branded failures . |
| 6 | The dream grew faster and faster and more and more desperate , because he knew that he had to reach the last box before the end of the day . |
| 7 | They had reached the first of the amusement arcades : dimly-lit and claustrophobic . |
| 8 | They had reached the first landing when Constance stopped . |
| 9 | When she told Hawk of her dream , he told her she had reached the First Level . |
| 10 | She had reached the Fifth Level , and she could no longer go back . |
| 11 | Once the Palace had reached the 2nd Division , Bert demonstrated his solid ability , coping admirably with some talented opposing wingers from that Division and , by the time he left us for Orient in January 1967 , he had accumulated well over 200 appearances for the club . |
| 12 | This was the first time they had reached the second round and it was reflected in the atmosphere , though the official attendance of 3,877 , a record for the purpose-built Meadow Park ground , was hardly accurate . |
| 13 | Without realizing it , she had reached the Second Level . |
| 14 | When the mask came off , she knew she had reached the Fourth Level . |
| 15 | By the time he had reached the fourth verse Athelstan was already distracted . |
| 16 | We had reached the last door . |
| 17 | Soon Downes had reached the last carriage , in front of the diesel locomotive , staring quickly through the windows of the compartment as the few doors still remaining open were banged shut and a whistle blew , and with a slight chug and then with a mighty heave the long , north-bound train began slowly to move forward , gradually picking up a little speed , before moving out and away along the curving stretch of line that led to Banbury . |
| 18 | The Rejects , who had reached the last stage without conceding a goal , were two down inside 20 minutes through Tommy Collins and Arwel Owen . |
| 19 | Red-eyed and hollow inside , she was appalled when he told her she had reached the Third Level . |
| 20 | By the time they had reached the third field she was beginning to feel more at ease in the saddle . |
| 21 | ‘ If Sir Vivien had reached the fifteenth green at the time of his abduction and Bonzo arrived in the clubhouse at ten o'clock , we can assume that Sir Vivien himself must have begun his round at , shall we say , about half past eight . ’ |
| 22 | She was due on March the nineteenth , and had reached the twenty-eighth week of her pregnancy . |
| 23 | I had reached the 11th but was a long way off the green . |