Example sentences of "[conj] he reach the " in BNC.
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| 1 | News of the men 's golf included Mr. H. le Fleming Shepherd 's efforts in the Amateur Championship at St Andrew 's where he reached the 3rd round . |
| 2 | The result , therefore , is a framed narrative without a frame narrator — not that he reached the two sides of this conclusion simultaneously . |
| 3 | Once he reached the stairs he felt safer . |
| 4 | He also had a great deal of ability , but like all the older ones had to leave school and go out to work to help support the family once he reached the end of primary school . |
| 5 | At last the steep slope flattened and he reached the saddle scattered with quartz . |
| 6 | When the girl and he reached the platform , the train was in . |
| 7 | He also referred to the case of the three railwaymen , dismissed for refusing to join a trade union , who had succeeded before the Court of Human Rights and he reached the conclusion that the relevant article of the Convention was ‘ part of the law of England or at any rate the same as the law of England ’ . |
| 8 | As more East Germans joined the cries for help , the diplomat burst through the front door and sprinted 300 yards around the embassy perimeter until he reached the grotesque tug-of-war . |
| 9 | In February it was unanimously agreed that Sir Denys should continue as boss until he reached the retirement age of 62 , making him the longest-serving chairman since Sir Paul Chambers , who ran — and dominated — the company from 1960 to 1968 . |
| 10 | He closed the door behind him and walked slowly down the corridor until he reached the top of the marble staircase , passing his own office and Pat Muldoon 's without wishing to take a last look . |
| 11 | Once outside , he did n't stop running until he reached the end of the street . |
| 12 | He hugged the banister , counting its bar-like wooden rods until he reached the turn where it met the wall . |
| 13 | He was not sure if he should tip-toe slowly and cautiously along until he reached the lower grounds of Old Ashfield , or make a sudden dash for it in the hope of outrunning any danger that might be waiting to pounce . |
| 14 | He looked around him as he went ; but he did not slow down much until he reached the culvert . |
| 15 | He strolled along by the front of the house until he reached the north wing , where he turned down the grassy slope towards the trees . |
| 16 | He scrambled away on all fours , not stopping until he reached the dirty blank wall of the piggery twenty feet away . |
| 17 | But already Allen was moving silently through the trees , making a half-circle around them until he reached the path further up . |
| 18 | He went over to the spot where Allen had hidden , ‘ … and then moved from tree to tree until he reached the path about twenty paces ahead . |
| 19 | ‘ Not until he reached the Indies . |
| 20 | Each in her turn looked frequently towards the moor but realised that no sign of George would be seen until he reached the yard . |
| 21 | It was pitch black under the overhanging branches and it was n't until he reached the gate of Dobbs ' field that he was able , at last , to distinguish the shapes of the trees , and Dobbs and the wall by the churchyard . |
| 22 | He crawled along the branch until he reached the nearest flower . |
| 23 | Sharpe patted the stallion , then walked him downstream until he reached the ford where , once more , he waited for the enemy 's advance . |
| 24 | He made his way carefully down the hall until he reached the lounge . |
| 25 | The police officer had him handcuffed to him and so was unable to make a contemporaneous note of the conversation until he reached the police station ( though he did not record the reason for not making the note at the time , nor the time when the note was made ) . |
| 26 | He said nothing to his wife , but at the next new moon got into his boat and let the wind carry him eastwards until he reached the windswept isle of Bujan , where the grass grows green and the grapes hang on the wild vines . |
| 27 | Magee pushed his way carefully through the crowd until he reached the front . |
| 28 | He kept to the edge of the tree line and saw nothing until he reached the blocks of apartments that stood in an incongruous group in the forest area . |
| 29 | He stepped in amongst the figures , moving around the bed until he reached the kneeling wax effigy . |
| 30 | His hand moved to her skirt and began to push the material upwards against her thigh until he reached the smooth flesh of her stomach . |