Example sentences of "they [vb past] reach [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They failed to reach a consensus and in April and May submitted separate reports . |
| 2 | This criticism was in part a reflection of the call made by the Report of the Committee on Physical Deterioration for greater physical and mental education for adolescents , but it also pointed to the three main criticisms of clubs which were reiterated years later by Freeman : that they could only really provide amusement ; that their positive educational value was small ; and that they failed to reach the mass of boys . |
| 3 | If they failed to reach the fuses in time , they 'd be killed with the rest on the wall , and only a little earlier than the men of both sides who would open fire , without doubt , claiming treachery . |
| 4 | In establishing four oral rehydration packet production sites in Bangladesh , they failed to reach the majority of the Bangladeshi people owing to the inefficiencies of the production sites , the inherent inadequacies of the Bangladeshi transport network and the rural nature of the vast majority of the population . |
| 5 | They tried to reach the River Po , which they hoped to cross so that they could eventually get back to Germany . |
| 6 | When Adam stopped , she saw they 'd reached a lane running between the backs of houses . |
| 7 | They 'd reached a dramatic opening , and through it she could see the moon-silvered sea hundreds of feet below , moving in a slow , deep swell towards the foot of the cliffs . |
| 8 | What if he was to fall here , before they 'd reached the loft ? |
| 9 | They 'd reached the end of the pool and Tim flipped over dramatically under the water . |
| 10 | They 'd reached the turning into the Square . |
| 11 | And as he had n't at first referred to the wedding-dress , last night or until they 'd reached the spinney that morning , so he did n't refer now to the fantasies of Timothy Gedge that were turning out not to be fantasies at all . |
| 12 | They 'd reached the door of the apartment before she broke the silence . |
| 13 | They 'd reached the trees now . |
| 14 | They 'd reached the side of the boat and Guido 's hands were at her waist , about to hoist her up on board . |
| 15 | Once again they 'd reached an impasse , but in truth it really did n't matter . |
| 16 | The others paddled and scrambled over somehow and as they began to reach the other side , Hazel plunged . |
| 17 | A week later , they recorded reaching the ‘ Kooskooske ’ River , from the Nez Perce Koos keich keich , meaning Clearwater . |
| 18 | Then they appeared to reach a decision and walked back to the Land Rover . |
| 19 | They had reached a neighbourhood of huge trees and old houses . |
| 20 | Mr Martin stood and asked if they had reached a verdict . |
| 21 | He worried persistently about the poverty of his social life and bitterly complained : By June 1949 they had reached a further stage in their relationship . |
| 22 | They had reached a junction . |
| 23 | In the result the justices on the second day of the hearing , the evidence having been taken the day before and the justices having indicated that they had reached a decision but would give their reasons the next day , made not an interim care order but two prohibited steps orders . |
| 24 | They had reached a stretch of mountain where the ground was comparatively parallel with the sky . |
| 25 | He remained silent until they had reached a flight of three stone steps between one lawn and a higher one , where Stephen was waiting . |
| 26 | They had reached a short flight of stone steps leading down to an open door , and she had no idea of how they had arrived there . |
| 27 | I had the impression that they had reached a moment of reflection in some important exchange . |
| 28 | They had reached a flame-red Alfa Romeo convertible , parked in the leafy shade of a fig tree . |
| 29 | The Florios worked the room with ease and self-confidence and by the time they had reached the podium an aide to the candidate was saying that almost a million dollars had already been raised for the Democratic campaign . |
| 30 | By the time they had reached the end of Jefferson Street for the first time , the US Grand Prix was all over . |