Example sentences of "we [vb past] reach [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The fact that we failed to reach the second round is a blow in many ways and I am so disappointed for everybody . ’ |
| 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 | Past silver birches and Scots pines we walked to reach the small hide at the edge of Little Sea . |
| 4 | It took an hour or more to jog along from Canonbury to Paddington , but we did reach the enchanted spot at last . |
| 5 | At last we had reached a road that led to a place called Ritjemjokk where we telephoned home and did all the civilized things in life ; like sitting on a loo seat , for a long time . |
| 6 | We had reached a position of stalemate — but a position which for the sake of the Government had to be settled . |
| 7 | ‘ We had reached a point , ’ says Taiwo , ‘ where clients were always asking us , ‘ And where is your shop ? ’ ’ |
| 8 | I simply wish to point out that if it is supposed that Karen Parsons and I embarked that afternoon with the intention of drowning her husband , why did we wait till we had reached a point where our criminal acts were overlooked by at least fifteen witnesses ? |
| 9 | By now we had reached a delectable small pool hidden away in willow trees : Willow Pool . |
| 10 | We had reached an idyllic Norwegian scene . |
| 11 | ‘ We could not move back home and we had reached the end of Palestine . ’ |
| 12 | We had reached the Palestinian front line . |
| 13 | We had reached the corner of Guilder Lane and Winchester Street when a man hailed us with , |
| 14 | Twice he attempted to overtake , but we had reached the top of the hill before a gap in the stream of cars streaking up on our right allowed him to slip in between the lorry and myself . |
| 15 | We had reached the hut and I did n't know what to do . |
| 16 | All that mattered was that we had reached the summit , and more importantly had a good day out . |
| 17 | The La lies on the watershed of the main Karakoram and although we were still politically in India , geographically we had reached the valleys of Central Asia . |
| 18 | We had reached the famous gannetry . |
| 19 | We had reached the restaurant , and the gallery owner held the door open for us as we went in . |
| 20 | Not long after we had reached the Old parsonage and climbed the stairs to Michael 's rooms , Father D'Arcy arrived . |
| 21 | We had reached the city gate now . |
| 22 | We had reached the last door . |
| 23 | Most of us had reached the point where we wanted to carry on drinking until we collapsed . |