Example sentences of "they reached the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they reached the after stateroom , he left her prodding the waterbed as he fiddled with the stereo to get some low-level background music . |
| 2 | As they reached the outer suburbs it began to drizzle slightly and Preston switched the wipers on . |
| 3 | They reached the outer air a moment before the octagonal arch finally broke and smashed into the flags . |
| 4 | Donald looked away , longingly , towards Refrigerated Delicatessen , his clear doctor 's eyes , moving expertly from Ready-packed Gravadlax , through Hand-sliced , Oak-smoked , Ready-interleaved Salmon Slices , along the twelve varieties of German and Polish sausage , the pre-packed slices of Waitrose Pastrami and Salt Beef until they reached the orderly rows of Fresh Tortellini , Cappelletti , Paglia e Fieno and Tagliatelle ( Green and White ) . |
| 5 | When they reached the sunken garden , ignoring the swing-seat beneath the vines , Luce chose a sunny bench and , battening down her agitation , prepared for battle . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | No matter how fast they travelled , the corridor never seemed to get any shorter and Endill thought he would be an old man by the time they reached the other end . |
| 8 | But before they reached the other side , Caesar cried out to Cassius for help , so Cassius had to carry him to safety . |
| 9 | When they reached the first floor , he opened one of the doors and she walked into a large bedroom with a huge bed , masses of cupboard space , a comfortable armchair , and a table and chairs set by the window . |
| 10 | When they reached the first sight of the city , it is recorded , Jesus wept , exclaiming : ‘ O , Jerusalem , Jerusalem , how often would I have gathered thy children , as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings , and ye would not . ’ |
| 11 | They climbed until they reached the first pocket of snow , which lay in a long , dark slash on the mountain 's side . |
| 12 | Before they reached the towering stack of containers , between which ran innumerable alleyways where no faint light penetrated , they came upon a series of deck hatches . |
| 13 | There the grass was almost chest-high , and by the time they reached the far side of the plain the clothes of all of them were drenched in perspiration . |
| 14 | Patrick stayed with that match till they reached the 7th hole , the Maiden . |
| 15 | They had arrived at a point opposite one corner of the house , but once they left the trees there was no more cover until they reached the broad belt of shrubbery which ran parallel to the side of the house . |
| 16 | A following rocket then passed through the 50 km hole in the aurora and observed energetic electrons as they reached the denser atmosphere at the edges of the ‘ hole ’ . |
| 17 | As outsiders they were n't given a chance , but with McBride leading by example , they reached the semi-final stage only to be pushed out by an injury-time winning try by Australia . |
| 18 | When they reached the nearest stairs the water was over Maggie 's ankles and still rising . |
| 19 | There was tremendous surprise when they reached the 24th number . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , ’ said Henry as they reached the tiny office where he kept a telephone , ‘ I must go and teach my next pupil . |
| 21 | ‘ I can walk down here , ’ she told him when they reached the long gallery . |
| 22 | The coastal strip was flat and uninteresting , the juddering vehicle hot and noisy , and she breathed a heartfelt sigh of relief when they reached the long bridge linking Venice with the mainland . |
| 23 | When they reached the right room , Loretta thanked her guide and went inside . |
| 24 | As they reached the middle landing where Joan stood in the shadows , as if by tacit consent the men paused for a brief rest , placing lantern and sack-shrouded burden on the floor . |
| 25 | As they reached the front door , it flew open in their faces . |
| 26 | After an hour of easy walking through heather and scrub they reached the lower slopes , and Richard strode rapidly upwards with no compassion for ‘ Fiery ’ Furness 's middle-age . |
| 27 | It was growing dark by the time they reached the narrow boat . |
| 28 | Before they reached the great stone shaped like the skull of a horse which marked the path they were to take to the right , the fires were all out and the smoke from them had dispersed into the general heat-haze . |
| 29 | They reached the great river at Old Melrose , at the foot of Lauderdale , and followed it down to Kelso , where they had made contact with Sir Simon Fraser , who was not exactly besieging Balliol in Roxburgh Castle but containing him there , with the Warden 's force , to prevent him joining Edward Plantagenet at Berwick . |
| 30 | It was late when they reached the great house , but the moon was full , and the night air was warm and still . |