Example sentences of "[pron] soon reach [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Driving once more as fast as she dared , she soon reached the pet shop and saw that Mr Miller was occupied with a customer .
2 We soon reached an Inn at a place called Hardraw , and descending from our vehicles , after warming ourselves by the cottage fire we walked up the brook side to take a view of a third waterfall …
3 The weather improved and , although the roads were clogged with icy mud , we soon reached the Channel port where Benjamin used his warrants and his status to secure our passage home on a man-o'-war .
4 We soon reached the house , and came to a gate in the wall .
5 ‘ It 's only five minutes ’ walk , ’ he said , and sure enough , we soon reached the pool at the foot of the waterfall .
6 For a few years chimpanzees raised in human households learn as well as human infants of the same age , but they soon reach the limit of their ability and are rapidly overtaken by human youngsters .
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