Example sentences of "[pers pn] have reached a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before it happened I had reached a point where at last I was earning enough money to make things a little bit easier , and then suddenly I found myself having to start all over again with wrecked finances , a new relationship and living in digs . |
| 2 | Now that I had reached a town , there was an elaborate routine to undergo . |
| 3 | I 've reached a stage where I ca n't be bothered with a lot of these guys , but if I rule out the ones who take drugs from my circle of friends I will be left with literally no one to socialise with . |
| 4 | Starting off with paragraph thirty three of P P G three , , erm you 'll see in my statement that I 've actually in seeking to address point A dealt with each of the conditions that P P G three er refers to , for which a new settlement should be contemplated , and you will see that I 've reached a conclusion that having regarded the unique circumstances of York , the Greater York new settlement does represent an appropriate and justified policy response , you 'll se also see my statement , I 've taken some comfort from the fact that the good practice guide that has been published by the department of the environment , has endorsed the approach that North Yorkshire County Council has taken towards the special circumstances of the Greater York area . |
| 5 | It is as though I have left the dull class rooms of the world and the discordant sound of the trampling feet and I have reached a place far from men where my mind is moved by universal rhythms . |
| 6 | It is by comparison with the published criteria and all the information available to me that I have reached a judgment . |
| 7 | I have reached a stage where I can watch television , as long as the programme does n't require too much attention , and knit at the same time . ’ |
| 8 | If you find it difficult to understand some of the feelings she expresses , you have to realise that she has reached a stage in life 's journey of which , as yet , you know nothing at all , and until you stand where she is standing now you are in no position to pass any judgement on her attitudes . |
| 9 | Two of them made her feel , not old exactly , but as if life was passing her by They were the one from Joanne that said , " You 've reached a quarter century " and the one from Stephen , " My dearest wife " . |
| 10 | She had reached a zenith of feeling , and really did n't care which hole he was shafting so long as he was inside her . |
| 11 | These words are well past her point of failure in the Schonell Test ( that is , ten consecutive errors ) , and so it is possible that she had reached a level of frustration : feeling that all the words were too difficult she ceased to think carefully about whether what she was writing down was likely , and simply put down anything that came to mind . |
| 12 | The up-side is that you have reached a stage where you can make some decisions . |
| 13 | ‘ If you have reached a point in the career structure where there are few other women and where you are therefore extremely visible , there is tremendous pressure on you to keep going upwards . ’ |
| 14 | So situations are reviewed and we do look at monitored traffic flows for example , we do look at our justifications and if there are reasons for a change we can go back , so it 's not irreversible by any means , that is the current committed preferred route however and I did n't want to give an indication that by changing the diagram we were saying everything 's opened up again , cos clearly we 've reached a stage that the County Council 's declared it 's a preferred route and that 's |
| 15 | So , for instance at this point we 've reached a stage where we 've got very important solidarity action in our favour including the fact that there are four main education unions , for instance , that are boycotting all Maxwell products which is a tremendous thing for an educational publisher to have . |
| 16 | We 've reached a watershed in Beattie-tudes . |
| 17 | We 've reached a break in the programme : she seems to be overreacting to an advert for the hot dogs and popcorn on sale in the foyer . |
| 18 | At last we had reached a road that led to a place called Ritjemjokk where we telephoned home and did all the civilized things in life ; like sitting on a loo seat , for a long time . |
| 19 | We had reached a position of stalemate — but a position which for the sake of the Government had to be settled . |
| 20 | ‘ We had reached a point , ’ says Taiwo , ‘ where clients were always asking us , ‘ And where is your shop ? ’ ’ |
| 21 | I simply wish to point out that if it is supposed that Karen Parsons and I embarked that afternoon with the intention of drowning her husband , why did we wait till we had reached a point where our criminal acts were overlooked by at least fifteen witnesses ? |
| 22 | It may be that , at least in the Western World , we have reached a level of wealth where we can afford to be concerned about the environment . |
| 23 | Since the days when oysters were as everyday a dish as hamburgers are now , we have reached a point where each person eats only an average of 1.2oz of fresh fish a week . |
| 24 | Right meditation : the true meaning of meditation is a training of the mind to its limits until we have reached a point where we are fully aware of our true nature and free from our desires , fears and intolerance . |
| 25 | It is as though we have reached a plane beyond normal feelings . |
| 26 | This is the point behind all this discussion , is n't it , that erm , we have reached a stage where certain things er , we take for granted as being difficult , as being frightening |
| 27 | Mr Lang stated : ‘ I 'm not going to start answering specific questions about specific aspects of how one of the individual solutions we may chose will apply until we have reached a conclusion about the right way forward then we can address this issue and debate it fully , but as things stand at present I see no reason to have to change that law . ’ |
| 28 | When Adam stopped , she saw they 'd reached a lane running between the backs of houses . |
| 29 | In the result the justices on the second day of the hearing , the evidence having been taken the day before and the justices having indicated that they had reached a decision but would give their reasons the next day , made not an interim care order but two prohibited steps orders . |
| 30 | Mr Martin stood and asked if they had reached a verdict . |