Example sentences of "they reached the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beginners luck stayed with Ellen Mitchell and Andrew Pelling as one year on from when they started both of them reached the final for the second time . |
| 2 | Late one afternoon Rioja had rushed in to tell them that the whole camp was being evacuated across the border and they must flee before the men who were coming to shoot them reached the hut . |
| 3 | They reached the open moors . |
| 4 | Long before they reached the relevant section . |
| 5 | ‘ I did n't know you had a car , ’ she said with surprise when they reached the road . |
| 6 | Yelling in Bengali for help , they reached the door of the other family . |
| 7 | By the time they reached the third floor they were both out of breath . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | They reached the turn in level par , having birdied the 5th , where Stewart chipped to four feet , and bogeyed the ninth . |
| 10 | In only their second event together they reached the final of the Tournament of Champions in New York , and then captured the Italian Open in Rome . |
| 11 | In only their second event together they reached the final of the Tournament of Champions in New York , and then won the Italian Open . |
| 12 | WC apps : 8 Runners-up : 1934 , 1962 The Czechoslovaks have only been seen twice in the tournament proper since they reached the 1962 final and on neither occasion were they able to win a match . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't mean to sound ungrateful , but I 'm starving , ’ Catherine said , as they reached the gate . |
| 14 | After 3 days , they reached the port of Ordu , where the dolphin hunt was supposedly centred . |
| 15 | New products developed by the best-performing machine-tool makers tended to start their lives with ‘ fuzzy ’ specifications , allowing for significant design changes before they reached the customer . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | They reached the end of the passage , but instead of a picture there was only a dark brown door , marked with the letters WC . |
| 19 | He was walking her home , and she planned to throw her arms round him the moment they reached the gate of her house and to kiss him which would no doubt make him stand stock still , completely flabbergasted . |
| 20 | As they reached the edge of the clearing Philip saw the dead magpie . |
| 21 | They reached the fence at the bottom of Mrs Wright 's garden . |
| 22 | They reached the feeding-ground and Lee untied Caspar . |
| 23 | As they reached the door , she looked back at Doyle . |
| 24 | His voice was quite kind , but it forbade any more questions and Jinny fell silent , looking back over her shoulder as they reached the lip of the little hollow . |
| 25 | By the time they reached the railway station , Dot realized she must have had time to get herself straight inside , for she seemed almost cheery again . |
| 26 | They reached the big white gate at the entrance to Mrs Hollidaye 's driveway . |
| 27 | The driveway was still snowed up , but once they reached the road there was a narrow track between high mounds on each side . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The two men picked their way along the line with the aid of a torch , but before they reached the bridge the Sergeant switched it off suggesting that they tread on the wooden sleepers and as softly as possible . |
| 30 | As they reached the entrance gate , he felt it was time to add : ‘ Look , this was n't my idea , you know . |