Example sentences of "had fled to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of those who founded the country had fled to the New World to escape the oppressiveness of traditional societies marked by hierarchy , inequality and the absence of freedom . |
| 2 | Then she saw that , in her haste to leave the hall , she had fled to the nearest exit , which opened on to a passage running along the side of the great-room . |
| 3 | ( Rebel sources reported that he had fled to the southern port of Kismayu , with the aim of entering Kenya , which had promised him safe conduct . |
| 4 | Erich Honecker , the former East German leader who had fled to the Soviet Union in March [ see p. 38110 ] , sought refuge in the Chilean embassy in Moscow on Dec. 12 . |
| 5 | Or — this was a really good one — he had fled to the Northern Territory by boat sent by Aussie sympathisers . |
| 6 | Within an hour of the Syrian air attack , Aoun , his family and high-ranking supporters had fled to the French embassy . |
| 7 | The UN said that by Oct. 24 some 100,000 suburban residents had fled to the relative safety of central Monrovia . |