Example sentences of "time they [vb past] [vb pp] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | By the time they had reached the third field she was beginning to feel more at ease in the saddle . |
| 3 | By the time they had run the half-mile back to their barracks the tiger that had been stalking them in the penumbra had emerged from his cover . |
| 4 | By the time they had brought the dead down into Cegidfa , Iorwerth was also dying , with the priest from the church kneeling by him ; and before noon one of the other two worst wounded followed him . |
| 5 | It was the first time they had mentioned the third who was there in the room with them , though they had both felt his presence , and she , indeed , had lived with it close and uncomforted for a year . |
| 6 | By the time they had toured the famous house with its owner , studied the illustrious visitors ' book , looked round the study with Mr Luke Fildes ' picture of the Empty Chair in their mind 's eye , and had seen the chalet where Dickens wrote his last words before his death , they were drained of emotion , and it was fortunate that Rochester Castle provided exercise without undue stress . |