Example sentences of "they [verb] reach the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This criticism was in part a reflection of the call made by the Report of the Committee on Physical Deterioration for greater physical and mental education for adolescents , but it also pointed to the three main criticisms of clubs which were reiterated years later by Freeman : that they could only really provide amusement ; that their positive educational value was small ; and that they failed to reach the mass of boys . |
| 2 | If they failed to reach the fuses in time , they 'd be killed with the rest on the wall , and only a little earlier than the men of both sides who would open fire , without doubt , claiming treachery . |
| 3 | In establishing four oral rehydration packet production sites in Bangladesh , they failed to reach the majority of the Bangladeshi people owing to the inefficiencies of the production sites , the inherent inadequacies of the Bangladeshi transport network and the rural nature of the vast majority of the population . |
| 4 | Although there are girls who talk glibly of how they intend to reach the top of the women 's professional game by the age of 25 , and from there move on to marriage and a family , the Solheim Cup served as a salutary reminder that no-one should expect quick results . |
| 5 | They tried to reach the River Po , which they hoped to cross so that they could eventually get back to Germany . |
| 6 | They 'd reached the turning into the Square . |
| 7 | And as he had n't at first referred to the wedding-dress , last night or until they 'd reached the spinney that morning , so he did n't refer now to the fantasies of Timothy Gedge that were turning out not to be fantasies at all . |
| 8 | They 'd reached the door of the apartment before she broke the silence . |
| 9 | They 'd reached the end of the pool and Tim flipped over dramatically under the water . |
| 10 | What if he was to fall here , before they 'd reached the loft ? |
| 11 | They 'd reached the trees now . |
| 12 | They 'd reached the side of the boat and Guido 's hands were at her waist , about to hoist her up on board . |
| 13 | SHELL-shocked Bangor will be putting all thoughts of last weekend 's drubbing behind them as they attempt to reach the quarter-finals of the TNT Gold Cup on Saturday . |
| 14 | The Homunculi will attack the adventurers if they try to reach the oracle without showing some form of invitation . |
| 15 | They try to reach the place they are heading for or else turn back to the shore . |
| 16 | They 'll accept , but only because they feel they 've reached the end of the line . |
| 17 | They had reached the bar . |
| 18 | They had reached the top of the hill when they heard the first soul-chilling , baying call . |
| 19 | Slowly they moved on up the slope , using the trees for protection , watching and listening until they had reached the top , and open ground . |
| 20 | Through eyes watering from smoke and dust Isabel saw daylight and the castle entrance and knew they had reached the guard-room . |
| 21 | They had reached the grave , and Ace obediently turned to face the crowd , so that they could n't see her freed hands , which had previously been hidden by Petion 's body . |
| 22 | They had reached the door , and the motor was waiting to convey them back to Hampstead . |
| 23 | They had reached the door of his room now and , as Harry opened it , Madeleine went past him and sat down on the edge of his old brass bedstead . |
| 24 | They had reached the centre of Haslemere now and their progress had slowed amidst a tangle of straying pedestrians and lumbering delivery vans . |
| 25 | They had reached the beginning of Western Road and were passing the Cork & Muskerry Railway station . |
| 26 | They had reached the beginning of the wood and still neither had spoken . |
| 27 | By early evening they had reached the documentary department offices on the second floor and in one desk , at the back of an open drawer , was the pair of scissors . |
| 28 | They had reached the apartment block and there was a café below it with white metal tables and chairs out on the street . |
| 29 | Ranulf laughed and baited him , Corbett heard him out until they had reached the jetty at Dalmeny . |
| 30 | They had reached the green . |