Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] he reach [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked around him as he went ; but he did not slow down much until he reached the culvert . |
| 2 | He was playing well enough till he reached the greens , but his putts would not go in . |
| 3 | Long before he reached the edge of the wood he knew this was no mere cavalry raid . |
| 4 | Of another restorer working on similar sculptures , Minervino claimed that he ‘ stopped long before he reached the skin of the marble ’ . |
| 5 | Our art historian pin-up of the month is the Italian Vittorio Sgarbi , specialist in the late fifteenth-century Bolognese artist Antonio di Crevalcore , but happy to give his opinion on anything and anyone , so long as he reaches a public of millions ( as on last month 's cover of L'Espresso magazine ) . |
| 6 | In the violent argument which followed , Coleridge was prevented from running at his brother with a knife by the return of their mother , and then fled from the house , still in an ‘ agony of passion ’ , stopping only when he reached a hill overlooking the River Otter a mile from the town . |
| 7 | Then he darted out of the room , pausing only when he reached the barn , to lean against the door and breathe deeply . |
| 8 | It was L-shaped and only when he reached the comer of the ‘ L ’ could he see the whole of the room . |
| 9 | Graham had already budgeted on being in Martigny ten minutes prior to the train 's scheduled arrival so when he reached the station he found he actually had an hour to kill . |
| 10 | ‘ Not until he reached the Indies . |
| 11 | Just before he reached the ramp , I could hear the engine hesitate ; he throttled down . |
| 12 | The King was on a royal throne near the entrance , and the two Bishops of Durham and Ely stood at his feet A good omen had encouraged Hugh for just as he reached the chapel steps he heard the choir in full voice chanting the words " Hail renowned bishop of Christ " . |
| 13 | Just as he reached the bottom of the hill a church bell began to ring out . |
| 14 | He heard the door close behind him , but just as he reached the gate it was hurriedly opened again and a voice called , ‘ Just a moment ! |
| 15 | He was in luck ; just as he reached the corner , casting nervous eyes upwards at another screech , Henri saw a glowering Richmann come out of the building . |
| 16 | I replied that if Seius Oceanus ( to whom the estate ought to be made over when he reached the age of sixteen , under trust under the will of Seius Saturninus by the trustee-heir Valerius Maximus ) died before he completed the set period of time , the estate under trust belongs to the person to whom the rest of his property will belong , since the trust vested during his lifetime , that is if by postponing the time for payment the testator would seem rather to have granted the trustee-heir custody than to have imposed an uncertain term on the trust . |
| 17 | Now he strode out not apprehensive that he might have lost contact with that gift of powerful calm which had so effectively stilled the thresh of his emotions , but confident that as soon as he reached the Point and stood as and where he had first stopped — the experience would be renewed and reinforced , the key would fit the lock . |
| 18 | Part of the answer came as soon as he reached the Post . |
| 19 | The call is uttered only by the male cuckoo , who arrives slightly before the female , and begins to call as soon as he reaches the breeding grounds . |
| 20 | If you have ever watched a dog running across a field , unless he is tracking something , he will often run with his nose in the air , using his eyes for long-distance viewing , but as soon as he reaches an area of interest , down goes the nose , far closer to the ground . |
| 21 | The lieutenant had n't gone fifteen yards before the first bullet hit him , but somehow he still managed to carry on until he reached the wire . |
| 22 | Then , turning aside before he reached the porch , he used his own keys to open a small iron-barred gate leading to a narrow passageway . |
| 23 | ‘ What time ? ’ burst from her rapidly as he reached the driver 's door . |
| 24 | He skirted the branch that lay across the path and carried on till he reached the feeding-place . |
| 25 | ‘ Fernando , ’ she called out as he reached the terrace . |
| 26 | He dived headlong as he reached the top , but Burun stepped out of the way , caught his son 's sash at the back as he passed , swung him round and threw him into the wreckage of the bed again . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | He did n't stop even when he reached the hole . |
| 29 | Sharpe patted the stallion , then walked him downstream until he reached the ford where , once more , he waited for the enemy 's advance . |
| 30 | Strange 's outburst was directed at a cameraman who clicked as he addressed the ball , and then as he reached the top of the backswing . |