Example sentences of "reach [noun prp] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shortly after I reached England the Governor paid his first post-liberation visit to Rangoon and on 20th June began his conference with Burmese leaders . |
| 2 | As soon as he reached Hoogeveen the weather deteriorated , and so did his spirits . |
| 3 | When the Dwarf King 's messenger reached Dieter the Emperor reacted immediately , not by sending help ( for the army was so starved of funds there was no help to send ) but by removing his entire court westwards to Altdorf in order to be as far as possible from the threat of Grom 's horde . |
| 4 | Once they reached Singapore the company 's duties were varied . |
| 5 | Until the rebels reached Monrovia the fighting had involved few direct clashes between the government troops and the rebels and had largely consisted of tribally motivated reprisal attacks against civilians . |
| 6 | On reaching Worsley the canal tunnelled into the sandstone cliff to reach the coal workings some three-quarters of a mile inside the hill , where it divided into channels that eventually reached a length of several miles . |
| 7 | It was not a magical experience , enabling him to go without food for the rest of his flight , but it was a meal for the spirit that kept him nourished and firm in his intention until he reached Horeb the mountain of God ( 1 Kings 19:1–8 ) . |
| 8 | By the time we reached Amsterdam the man was in a frenzy of preparedness and anxiety , and followed me down the platform with his rifle in my back . |
| 9 | But once he reached Stowey the Coleridges greeted him warmly at Lime Street , where the cottage had gained another new resident only a week before : on 14 May , Sara had been ‘ safely delivered of a fine boy ’ , the child being given the name Berkeley in honour of the philosopher , for whom Coleridge was developing a great admiration . |