Example sentences of "[subord] finally they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We followed the road up the valley , crossing and recrossing over bridges which became progressively more primitive until finally they ceased to exist and the track disappeared into the river to reappear at the far bank . |
| 2 | They set off along the coast of Venezuela and Colombia , south to Panama , past Costa Rica and Nicaragua , until finally they reached Honduras , their intended destination . |
| 3 | So he went through all the glasses until finally they said to me , ‘ Take yours off , ’ and they fitted Rock Hudson perfectly , and he looked in the mirror and said , ‘ I think I look rather good in glasses . ’ |
| 4 | Proudly , they maintained peace with the white men for seventy years , until finally they became forced to take up arms , the reluctant tormentors of the US Army . |
| 5 | We never did persuade them , but for six valuable hours we managed to hold them on that course far out into the Flores Sea , until finally they came to their senses , noticed the distant and almost invisible shore , and hurriedly tacked towards it again . |
| 6 | Out in the country again , they walked down several small roads until finally they stopped at a house surrounded by a high wall . |
| 7 | ‘ You pressurise , pressurise , pressurise until finally they do n't think they can win the race . |
| 8 | For half an hour they followed the telltale red blotches until finally they petered out in a glade surrounded by dense thickets of thorn and bamboo . |
| 9 | Then he lowered his head and brushed his lips across her brow , her cheeks , until finally they found her mouth . |
| 10 | These two had known each other for well over thirty years , meeting first at school and then finding their paths crossing again and again as they shifted with their respective jobs , till finally they had both come back permanently to the town they started from . |
| 11 | He made it sound so simple , Lindsey found herself thinking , as finally they moved away from the bed . |
| 12 | When finally they rolled apart and lay , hands entwined , staring up at the cloudless blue sky , Cora-Beth 's voice was soft with contentment as she whispered , ‘ You do love me , I know it now ! |
| 13 | And so when finally they had invaded the greatest city in the world , they built the portico at Euston to proclaim as a memorial their victory to posterity . |
| 14 | When finally they opened , rain poured down in torrents , pelting the drooping maize fronds , pitting the bare earth where it landed . |
| 15 | ‘ Oh , Harry , Harry , ’ she whispered when finally they drew apart . |
| 16 | Not wishing to antagonize Harry , when finally they drew up outside the little cottage in Melton Mowbray to which Mrs Appleby had now retired , Madeleine allowed herself to be persuaded inside . |