Example sentences of "[adv] as [pers pn] reached the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was windy up on the ridge , and the ponies jogged impatiently as they reached the stretch of open turf which led over to the wood and the track through it . |
| 2 | Lin Foh seemed incensed , but kept his voice down as they reached the outside steps of the Coroner 's Court . |
| 3 | She was relieved when Nigel had to slow down as they reached the outskirts of Cheltenham . |
| 4 | The train slowed down as it reached the next station and the Punk stood up and came down the aisle towards them . |
| 5 | It was only as she reached the small turning leading to the patio that she stopped , a momentary apprehension bringing goose-pimples to her skin . |
| 6 | Just as they reached the top and comparative safety , Lilley yelled for everyone to bale out . |
| 7 | Indraugnir 's strength failed just as they reached the Blighted Isle . |
| 8 | just as it reached the top of the trunk , the bird flew away . |
| 9 | Just as he reached the top step I gave him a push — not a hard push , just defensive . |
| 10 | He heard the door close behind him , but just as he reached the gate it was hurriedly opened again and a voice called , ‘ Just a moment ! |
| 11 | Just as he reached the bottom of the hill a church bell began to ring out . |
| 12 | The King was on a royal throne near the entrance , and the two Bishops of Durham and Ely stood at his feet A good omen had encouraged Hugh for just as he reached the chapel steps he heard the choir in full voice chanting the words " Hail renowned bishop of Christ " . |
| 13 | He was in luck ; just as he reached the corner , casting nervous eyes upwards at another screech , Henri saw a glowering Richmann come out of the building . |
| 14 | Then , just as she reached the edge of the road , Miss Clinton flashed by . |
| 15 | She found quite a rare one just as she reached the other edge of the wood . |
| 16 | Just as she reached the door , it slid shut in her face . |
| 17 | He looked her over as they reached the gallery , pausing at the top of the stairs . |
| 18 | However , as soon as we reached the interview for the home/school post a debate on the school and the community began again as shown from the notes I took where the main participants in the discussion were Phil Barlow ( the Deputy Head for Curriculum ) , Chris Cousins ( the Deputy Head for Community ) , Ann Thomas ( the Community Adviser for the LEA ) and Father Curtis ( the Chairman of the Governors ) . |
| 19 | In London , the Compact has been so successful that children who would previously have left as soon as they reached the school-leaving age of sixteen , are deciding to stay on at school to take further exams . |
| 20 | The three boys had always assumed , as soon as they reached the age for such assumptions , that Charles had married Liz in order to provide the three motherless babes with a proper family life . |
| 21 | But as soon as they reached the living room , she saw his face clearly in the light of the candles . |
| 22 | As soon as they reached the Embankment Father Watson began to speak in measured tones . |
| 23 | The servants themselves were increasingly and overwhelmingly women — between 1841 and 1881 the percentage of men in domestic offices and personal services in Britain fell from about 20 to about 12 — so that the ideal bourgeois household consisted of a male lord dominating a number of hierarchically graded females , all the more so as male children tended to leave the home as they grew up , or even — among the British upper classes — as soon as they reached the age of boarding school . |
| 24 | As soon as she reached the open deer-park she ran , and she hardly paused until she came to the broad track that sloped down to the marsh , smiling and vivid green in the late afternoon sunshine . |
| 25 | Up the tree she had decided to make a dash for home as soon as she reached the ground , without giving the witch a chance to grab her , but now she did n't do it . |
| 26 | To her chagrin he skied straight over to her as soon as she reached the field , and a faint , self-mocking grin touched her lips as she surveyed his outfit close at hand . |
| 27 | As soon as she reached the club , as soon as she was back in the public eye , she would have to switch on the false persona that had carried her through the past week . |
| 28 | Now he strode out not apprehensive that he might have lost contact with that gift of powerful calm which had so effectively stilled the thresh of his emotions , but confident that as soon as he reached the Point and stood as and where he had first stopped — the experience would be renewed and reinforced , the key would fit the lock . |
| 29 | Part of the answer came as soon as he reached the Post . |
| 30 | A letter to Rohde contains , half-way through , the sign " N.B. " and , at the end , the following : " At the point marked N.B. , a message came calling me into town as soon as I reached the foot of the page ; now returned , I am trembling all over and can not free myself of it even by pouring out my heart to you . |