Example sentences of "reach the [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The snow was almost knee-deep ; it took him nearly ten minutes to reach the hedge at the other side of the field . |
| 2 | I set her the first day to clean the floors starting at the top and expecting her to reach the bottom at the end of the day or at least the last floor , but Ellen she had not managed more than two rooms in eight hours and those not well done . |
| 3 | These two lines of super absorbent material work like dams , holding liquid back so that none of it ever reaches the elastic at the legs . |
| 4 | The second player then breathes in and tries to take it off the first until it reaches the player at the end . |
| 5 | But now that they had reached the road at the dale head , he wanted to turn down it and go home . |
| 6 | Reaching the hatch at the same time as the stranger outside , he collided with it , and they fell into each other 's arms . |
| 7 | By the time she reached the gate at the top of the yard , he was striding dutifully at his mother 's heels . |
| 8 | As she reached the gate at the farther edge she could see right under the low bridge — and as she looked she saw the van turn the bend at the top of the short hill leading to the bridge , and increase speed down it . |
| 9 | He padded past the other cell doors and reached the door at the end of the corridor — massive , clenched together with square-headed nails . |
| 10 | They reached the fence at the bottom of Mrs Wright 's garden . |
| 11 | They wore clothes that he thought beautiful , when he could see for envy : jackets with Napoleonic pockets , trousers cut so that they reached the ground at the back , pink shirts , print ties . |
| 12 | Hick reached the figure at the age of 27 years and 20 days to beat the previous record of 28 years and 13 days achieved by Wally Hammond in July 1931 . |
| 13 | He had waited until the sentry reached the tower at the end of his beat , knowing , after watching the man from the bailey , that the guard would pause to exchange a few words with another man-at-arms before they separated to retrace their steps . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's only five minutes ’ walk , ’ he said , and sure enough , we soon reached the pool at the foot of the waterfall . |
| 15 | We reach the station at the same moment as an elegant train loaded with ladies preening themselves in their furs and hats , the men all wearing dark suits . |