Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [pron] [vb past] reach the " in BNC.

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1 The blasting showed that they had reached the end of the coal seam and had exposed clay and gravel .
2 He looked at Nell , and saw that she had reached the same conclusion .
3 The dream grew faster and faster and more and more desperate , because he knew that he had to reach the last box before the end of the day .
4 After what seemed an eternity , and was well over two hours , I felt the marsh ground underfoot change to shingle and knew that I had reached the shore .
5 Pliny knew of the Burgundians , and Orosius thought that they had reached the Rhineland in the days of the emperor Tiberius , receiving their name because they lived in settlements called burgi .
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