Example sentences of "[vb past] reached the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crazy logic had reached the ultimate apogee of absurdity — or perhaps not quite . |
| 2 | Tea consumption had reached the poor Philadelphia house by 1766 . |
| 3 | He also told them that a thin palladium wire , only ¼ inch in diameter and an inch long , had reached the boiling point of water within a few minutes , that the wire produced about 26 watts of energy per cm 3 , ‘ about four and a half times what we put into it ’ and that in an early stage of the experiments the apparatus suddenly heated up to an estimated 5000 degrees , vaporising a block of palladium , destroying a fume cupboard and damaging the concrete floor . |
| 4 | There was a newsflash at nine to say that the rescue party had reached the injured man and were now returning to the surface , and then nothing until almost midnight . |
| 5 | We had reached the famous gannetry . |
| 6 | When she told Hawk of her dream , he told her she had reached the First Level . |
| 7 | They had reached the first landing when Constance stopped . |
| 8 | And then after they had reached the other end , erm one of the men would go and stand in the middle of the two and the and the other sitting down . |
| 9 | Without pausing , she hurried on and although I called after her she did n't stop until she had reached the other side and scrambled up the rocky gully to the top . |
| 10 | They had reached the other side of the common . |
| 11 | She had reached the Fifth Level , and she could no longer go back . |
| 12 | They had reached the hilly avenues of Lisbon when it occurred to her that he could be worried about how she might behave when the time came for them to part . |
| 13 | The young man had reached the lowest point of despair . |
| 14 | In October , scientists from the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the British National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration concurred that levels had reached the lowest point for the year . |
| 15 | By 2,000 BC they had reached the eastern Mediterranean , probably carried by merchants and travellers down the prehistoric trade routes which crossed the Middle East . |
| 16 | Once the Palace had reached the 2nd Division , Bert demonstrated his solid ability , coping admirably with some talented opposing wingers from that Division and , by the time he left us for Orient in January 1967 , he had accumulated well over 200 appearances for the club . |
| 17 | Away from the Commons , a former export manager of Coventry-based Matrix Churchill claimed details of his firm 's trade had reached the Prime Minister . |
| 18 | As they ran into the garden , stumbling clumsily against each other , there was a hollow explosion : the flames had reached the uncovered paraffin tin . |
| 19 | Without realizing it , she had reached the Second Level . |
| 20 | This was the first time they had reached the second round and it was reflected in the atmosphere , though the official attendance of 3,877 , a record for the purpose-built Meadow Park ground , was hardly accurate . |
| 21 | By 1909 Guinness had reached the frozen wastes of the South Pole . |
| 22 | She had reached the new housing estate by now , which stretched away to the left , and covered the fields she so well remembered that overlooked Lulling Woods . |
| 23 | They had reached the back door and the muddle of trugs and boot scrapers and milk-bottle crates that lay outside it . |
| 24 | In some Shanghai factories , once a ‘ hotbed ’ of radicalism , there were demands for independent trade unions along the lines of Solidarity in Poland , news of which had reached the Chinese people . |
| 25 | He had reached the flatter section of land at the side of the house where vegetables had once grown in neatly fenced patches . |
| 26 | They had reached the main corridor when a hand touched her shoulder . |
| 27 | A few minutes later they had reached the main road and were heading through a clear November evening towards the north side of the spectacular Cornish peninsula . |
| 28 | They had reached the French windows . |
| 29 | I had reached the dizzy heights of compère at the Fiesta , one of the North 's most prestigious night clubs , where I did an hour spot and introduced acts like Ella Fitzgerald and Nancy Wilson , as well as all the top British acts . |
| 30 | By this time I had joined the Scouts and had reached the dizzy heights of Patrol Leader . |