Example sentences of "when they reached the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did n't know you had a car , ’ she said with surprise when they reached the road . |
| 2 | It was a wild time , and even the old women were poachers , he said , with the aid of a harmless looking dog that barked only when they reached the cottage with a fresh killed rabbit . |
| 3 | But when they reached the dock and were waiting for the boat to carry them to the camp , Seth snatched the van 's keys , nearly breaking two of Suzy 's fingers in the struggle . |
| 4 | When they reached the place where Simon was , Gazzer collapsed over the drum , too exhausted to move , his limp body draped across it like a filleted fish . |
| 5 | When they reached the yard , Emily went on into the house while Mungo watched Jos and Stanley change a wheel on the old blue van . |
| 6 | When they reached the main road she pulled him roughly across to where Irish Tom 's van was parked . |
| 7 | When they reached the first sight of the city , it is recorded , Jesus wept , exclaiming : ‘ O , Jerusalem , Jerusalem , how often would I have gathered thy children , as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings , and ye would not . ’ |
| 8 | But when they reached the implementation stage , in which their orientation was to concrete tasks and the skills required of them were chiefly technical , then they became more directive and used client participation less . |
| 9 | When they reached the nearest stairs the water was over Maggie 's ankles and still rising . |
| 10 | They stopped when they reached the tramstop . |
| 11 | There were two problems , the youngest children 's reading was n't good enough to manage the menu and most were too short to actually see over the tops of the containers on the heated cabinet to make their choice , because of this when they reached the counter they asked to have the same as the child in front making a nonsense of the notion of choice . |
| 12 | When they reached the sixth form all the ones that would have called them names had left . ’ |
| 13 | When they reached the Ferry Beach at New Passage they made all speed to the hospital and to the ‘ dead house ’ , which held seven coffins . |
| 14 | They were ten miles from Bath when they reached the village of Chilcompton , remarkable for a beautiful stream which bordered the village street on one side and which abounded with trout and eels . |
| 15 | When they reached the middle , he ordered the oarsmen to stop and with a last farewell he stepped overboard . |
| 16 | It was dark when they reached the outskirts of Edinburgh . |
| 17 | When they reached the log they stopped side by side and looked across the narrow water towards him . |
| 18 | When they reached the drive Marian and Hugh lingered in cover at the edge . |
| 19 | The afternoon was well advanced when they reached the Waste . |
| 20 | Then they packed another basket with some ro is for the journey , and flour and potatoes and pots and pans for cooking when they reached the Bazaar , |
| 21 | When they reached the plot , a man wearing earphones turned to Connors , slipped off the headset , allowing it to rest around his neck . |
| 22 | When they reached the warehouse , he opened the door for Creed and McGowan as usual . |
| 23 | When they reached the bottom they automatically looked back . |
| 24 | It was quieter still when they reached the place . |
| 25 | It was late when they reached the great house , but the moon was full , and the night air was warm and still . |
| 26 | When they reached the road which ran across the top of the village , the groom drew level and , with a nod of his head , indicated that they should take the righthand way which led to the river bridge . |
| 27 | When they reached the market place , he realised that his father had been right : there were nowhere near as many workers as there had been in previous Novembers . |
| 28 | When they reached the base of the steep drop into the valley , they spotted Bob Lamb striding out ahead of them at a brisk pace . |
| 29 | When they reached the Manor the children who had been watching from the window ran to greet Tamar . |
| 30 | When they reached the top of the hill Willie saw a row of small thatched cottages standing on either side of the road ahead . |