Example sentences of "[conj] he reach the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He also had a great deal of ability , but like all the older ones had to leave school and go out to work to help support the family once he reached the end of primary school . |
| 2 | At last the steep slope flattened and he reached the saddle scattered with quartz . |
| 3 | When the girl and he reached the platform , the train was in . |
| 4 | He also referred to the case of the three railwaymen , dismissed for refusing to join a trade union , who had succeeded before the Court of Human Rights and he reached the conclusion that the relevant article of the Convention was ‘ part of the law of England or at any rate the same as the law of England ’ . |
| 5 | He pressed onwards until he reached the clearing . |
| 6 | He looked around him as he went ; but he did not slow down much until he reached the culvert . |
| 7 | He closed the door behind him and walked slowly down the corridor until he reached the top of the marble staircase , passing his own office and Pat Muldoon 's without wishing to take a last look . |
| 8 | I could n't look as I stood helplessly at the top of stairs listening to him bumping and thudding from step to step until he reached the bottom . |
| 9 | Sharpe patted the stallion , then walked him downstream until he reached the ford where , once more , he waited for the enemy 's advance . |
| 10 | He hugged the banister , counting its bar-like wooden rods until he reached the turn where it met the wall . |
| 11 | Each in her turn looked frequently towards the moor but realised that no sign of George would be seen until he reached the yard . |
| 12 | It was pitch black under the overhanging branches and it was n't until he reached the gate of Dobbs ' field that he was able , at last , to distinguish the shapes of the trees , and Dobbs and the wall by the churchyard . |
| 13 | He strolled along by the front of the house until he reached the north wing , where he turned down the grassy slope towards the trees . |
| 14 | He made his way carefully down the hall until he reached the lounge . |
| 15 | Magee pushed his way carefully through the crowd until he reached the front . |
| 16 | Did they take him there sober and ply him with booze until he reached the point specified by the director ? |
| 17 | But already Allen was moving silently through the trees , making a half-circle around them until he reached the path further up . |
| 18 | He went over to the spot where Allen had hidden , ‘ … and then moved from tree to tree until he reached the path about twenty paces ahead . |
| 19 | He did not look behind him until he reached the corner . |
| 20 | In February it was unanimously agreed that Sir Denys should continue as boss until he reached the retirement age of 62 , making him the longest-serving chairman since Sir Paul Chambers , who ran — and dominated — the company from 1960 to 1968 . |
| 21 | The lieutenant had n't gone fifteen yards before the first bullet hit him , but somehow he still managed to carry on until he reached the wire . |
| 22 | Claudia waited until he reached the street before leaving the yard herself . |
| 23 | Once outside , he did n't stop running until he reached the end of the street . |
| 24 | The Doom Diver rips through the clouds like a bullet until he reaches the pinnacle of his ascent . |
| 25 | He makes good progress until he reaches the cornice , which promptly rejects him in a cascade of cold , powdery ice . |
| 26 | ‘ If he reached the manor , why did he not come back to look for his master ? |
| 27 | He not only got through the first round but he reached the final again ! |
| 28 | He ran up through the quarry and climbed over the gate into the field with the ewes and the new lambs , then up the side of the wood till he reached the gate into it . |
| 29 | He skirted the branch that lay across the path and carried on till he reached the feeding-place . |
| 30 | Sharpe rode on down the slope till he reached the stream where , as the stallion drank , he reloaded the rifle and shoved the weapon into its holster . |