Example sentences of "but [conj] [pers pn] reached the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The driveway was still snowed up , but once they reached the road there was a narrow track between high mounds on each side . |
| 2 | The two men picked their way along the line with the aid of a torch , but before they reached the bridge the Sergeant switched it off suggesting that they tread on the wooden sleepers and as softly as possible . |
| 3 | But before they reached the other side , Caesar cried out to Cassius for help , so Cassius had to carry him to safety . |
| 4 | Ace moved after him , ready to demand an explanation of where he was going and how he knew there was a cemetery , but before she reached the doors , they closed of their own accord , and the time rotor began its stately rise and fall . |
| 5 | But when they reached the dock and were waiting for the boat to carry them to the camp , Seth snatched the van 's keys , nearly breaking two of Suzy 's fingers in the struggle . |
| 6 | But when they reached the implementation stage , in which their orientation was to concrete tasks and the skills required of them were chiefly technical , then they became more directive and used client participation less . |
| 7 | But when they reached the Grove , Carrie felt a little less bold . |
| 8 | But when they reached the railway line and Mister Johnny set the goose down and said , ‘ Gurlyi , gurlyi , ’ she knew what he was trying to say . |
| 9 | But when they reached the drawing room , the only people there were Mrs Denham and Martin , and the baby , which was sitting in a high chair . |
| 10 | But when they reached the embankment , Preston had second thoughts . |
| 11 | The French forces won back the city , but when they reached the residence of Ho Chi Minh they found he had gone . |
| 12 | I carried Rachel , and Margaret held on to me , and I hoped Tim would be hanging on to Mig , but when we reached the small steamer Tim was missing . |
| 13 | But when we reached the kangaroos , a couple of them started mating . |
| 14 | I 'd thought it was Dargaville but when we reached the small town of Warkworth , the name ‘ rang a bell ’ . |
| 15 | I expected Father to chase me , but when I reached the corner and looked back he was just standing there talking to the thin man . |
| 16 | But when I reached the foss I encountered not a fairy , but my first school party of the day . |
| 17 | But when I reached the great stone columns of the main gate , I stood still in horror . |
| 18 | On another occasion he gave chase to someone running down the platform but when he reached the platform end whoever it was or was n't had vanished . |
| 19 | He seemed about to leave — walked to the door , in any case — but when he reached the foot of the bed , he took hold of the brass upright and pulled the bed out into the room ; then he carried a second ladderback chair to the head of the bed and sat down behind Annie . |
| 20 | But when he reached the Club she was there already . |
| 21 | But when he reached the place where the cart had been , which had brought him twenty miles from the nearest town , it had been stabled out of sight . |
| 22 | The view ahead was obscured by a section of partially completed walling at the east end , but when he reached the comer Zen fount that the only unpredictable feature of the landscape was a river which cut across the track about a hundred metres further on . |
| 23 | A firemen climbed an extension ladder and edged along the wall but when he reached the scene the yellow-topped fledgeling flew away . |
| 24 | But when she reached the vicinity of her garden she was seized with a sudden embarrassment . |
| 25 | She intended to go straight to the second floor and find a policeman she could tell about the keys , but when she reached the first floor landing she veered into the newsroom instead . |
| 26 | Even as she turned towards the staircase she was still trying to come up with a good reason for not sleeping in his bed , but when she reached the top step she turned with a resigned sigh towards his room , too bone weary to argue any more . |
| 27 | But when she reached the office she found concentration to be almost impossible , and within a short time she became impatient with herself . |
| 28 | As I rounded Ardmair Bay , the sky was bright but as I reached the scattered cottages and crofts of Strath Kanaird , none with an invitation to halt or stop , ominous yellow clouds formed overhead , obviously heralding a storm , and when Stac Polly came into sight , there was a spiralling column like a tornado above it . |
| 29 | But as she reached the door , one hand on the door-handle , suddenly an iron band clamped round her arm . |
| 30 | But as she reached the back door , the sound of a loud , angry voice stopped her in her tracks . |