Example sentences of "they [vb past] reached the " in BNC.
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| 1 | What if he was to fall here , before they 'd reached the loft ? |
| 2 | They 'd reached the end of the pool and Tim flipped over dramatically under the water . |
| 3 | They 'd reached the turning into the Square . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | They 'd reached the door of the apartment before she broke the silence . |
| 6 | They 'd reached the trees now . |
| 7 | They 'd reached the side of the boat and Guido 's hands were at her waist , about to hoist her up on board . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | By the time they had reached the end of Jefferson Street for the first time , the US Grand Prix was all over . |
| 10 | He was showing his wife , a Wren in the war , around London landmarks , and they had reached the Cenotaph , where the flagstaffs were being touched up with gold paint for Armistice Day . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | But now that they had reached the road at the dale head , he wanted to turn down it and go home . |
| 13 | They had reached the first of the amusement arcades : dimly-lit and claustrophobic . |
| 14 | By eleven o'clock they had reached the cluster of buildings that formed Lightwater , and identified the Liveseys ' house . |
| 15 | The blasting showed that they had reached the end of the coal seam and had exposed clay and gravel . |
| 16 | Ranulf laughed and baited him , Corbett heard him out until they had reached the jetty at Dalmeny . |
| 17 | They had been friends for eight long years , and now they had reached the parting of the ways . |
| 18 | But before they had reached the back gate a few drops of rain had already plopped warningly on their heads . |
| 19 | The fact that the amount due to them was disputed meant that it was uncertain whether they had reached the point beyond which they might be considered trespassers by dealing with B and L's goods . |
| 20 | The girls only stopped laughing by the time they had reached the convent gates . |
| 21 | They had reached the corner of St Stephen 's Green . |
| 22 | They had reached the door , and the motor was waiting to convey them back to Hampstead . |
| 23 | They had reached the further side of the field during this animated discussion and Meredith hopped nimbly over the gate with twice the speed and dexterity with which she had negotiated the stile . |
| 24 | They had reached the first landing when Constance stopped . |
| 25 | She started to walk across the yard , and he followed her ; and they had reached the house door before her decision came : ‘ I 'll take the cart down there later on ; if he 's put her to work she 's likely pacing The Strand , ’ she said . |
| 26 | They had reached the back door and the muddle of trugs and boot scrapers and milk-bottle crates that lay outside it . |
| 27 | They had reached the corner of Bacon Street . |
| 28 | By Joshua 's time they had reached the point of no return . |
| 29 | They had reached the other side of the common . |
| 30 | They had reached the place they 'd started from . |