Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] she reached the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She set it on the table , avoiding his stare , and made as if to leave , but stopped before she reached the door and looked in his eyes . |
| 2 | You will do it carefully ? ’ he added , his tone sounding suddenly a little dangerous , and Maggie stopped as she reached the door . |
| 3 | There was nothing she could do until she reached the top . |
| 4 | She added as she reached the bottom of the stairs where Miss Merchiston had arrived to meet her , ‘ I 've told the mistress as how Miss Kyte is come at last , and she said to bring her up straight . ’ |
| 5 | She mounted the uneven stairs with immense care , determined not to trip or fall , then turned as she reached the top . |
| 6 | Idiotically , her heart was racing when she reached the drawing-room . |
| 7 | Then , with a final naughty wink , she ran off the dance floor , and did n't stop till she reached the sanctuary of the office . |
| 8 | He ran after her , calling her name , but she ignored him and kept running until she reached the road . |
| 9 | Then acting like a fifteen-year-old girl now , she turned and ran along the path , around the ornamental clock , and kept running until she reached the east gate of the park . |
| 10 | The bell rang as she reached the bottom of the stairs , and she hurried to answer the door , feeling her pulse skip a beat when she found Luke standing on the step . |
| 11 | The thunder started as she reached the gate , a great crash and then a long roll of drums . |
| 12 | The mare 's breath was roaring as she reached the crest . |
| 13 | Elaine chuckled as she reached the bottom of the cliff and jumped from a smooth , rounded boulder into the shallow water . |
| 14 | It was snowing when she reached the side-road marked on the map , and she heaved a sigh of relief when she spotted the dark shape of a cottage . |
| 15 | She ran through the woods and only stopped when she reached the fence between the woods and the Botanical Gardens , which spread for a great distance along one side . |
| 16 | The applicant did not wish to retire when she reached the age of 60 and that requirement was waived by the authority until shortly after her sixty-second birthday , when she was dismissed . |
| 17 | Her mother , Pamela Bootyman , said her daughter 's behaviour had changed when she reached the age of 12 or 13 . |