Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] they reach the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Long before they reached the relevant section . |
| 2 | Soon after they reached the open country Uncle George had to stop , get out , and clear the snow from the windscreen in order to see through it . |
| 3 | Just before they reach the flowering stage — earlier if you need the land for another crop — chop them down , allow them to wilt for a few hours then plough or dig them in . |
| 4 | Indraugnir 's strength failed just as they reached the Blighted Isle . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | On the far side they followed the river about a mile downstream until they reached the same narrow point where the temporary bridge is constructed every year . |
| 7 | She sighed ecstatically as they reached the cliff-top and a warm breeze caught her hair and whirled it high above her head . |
| 8 | Those last would not be required again until they reached the last mile of the return trip . |
| 9 | Jimmy had pulled himself together again when they reached the third landing . |