Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] they reach [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They wore clothes that he thought beautiful , when he could see for envy : jackets with Napoleonic pockets , trousers cut so that they reached the ground at the back , pink shirts , print ties . |
| 2 | They walked down the path together until they reached the shores of the loch . |
| 3 | Long before they reached the relevant section . |
| 4 | Dawn overtook them long before they reached the Esk , or even the Lyne . |
| 5 | Sometimes I 'd watch their kites going down into the fields overhead , down until they dwindled away out of sight , long before they reached the tops of the trees You ca n't do that often , though , because of all the smog . |
| 6 | In the British Isles the best examples are found off the Norfolk coast , as will be described below : although this coast is one of submergence , the offshore profile , composed largely of glacial deposits , is extremely gentle , thus allowing waves to break long before they reach the coast . |
| 7 | Initially this new German ‘ victory ’ weapon proved unnerving but before long it became possible for the ‘ V1s ’ to be intercepted by fighter aircraft over the sea , although their speed was a problem , but by moving the bulk of the anti-aircraft artillery units to the Isle of Wight and along the southern coastline of England , it was possible to shoot them down before they reached the London area . |
| 8 | It was windy up on the ridge , and the ponies jogged impatiently as they reached the stretch of open turf which led over to the wood and the track through it . |
| 9 | Lin Foh seemed incensed , but kept his voice down as they reached the outside steps of the Coroner 's Court . |
| 10 | She was relieved when Nigel had to slow down as they reached the outskirts of Cheltenham . |
| 11 | It was a wild time , and even the old women were poachers , he said , with the aid of a harmless looking dog that barked only when they reached the cottage with a fresh killed rabbit . |
| 12 | Soon after they reached the open country Uncle George had to stop , get out , and clear the snow from the windscreen in order to see through it . |
| 13 | Just before they reached the track leading to Yatton Farm , however , they received a shock . |
| 14 | They drove back in silence for a while and then , just before they reached the house where William 's mother now lived , William said , ‘ It was the reason my mum went into business , you know . ’ |
| 15 | Just before they reached the station she said , ‘ Was it the birds ? ’ |
| 16 | Just before they reach the flowering stage — earlier if you need the land for another crop — chop them down , allow them to wilt for a few hours then plough or dig them in . |
| 17 | Just before they reach the exit , HAMLET , apparently seeing CLAUDIUS approaching from off stage , bends low in a sweeping bow . |
| 18 | ‘ There was no need to frogmarch me , ’ she protested , wrenching her arm away when they reached the living-room . |
| 19 | Just as they reached the top and comparative safety , Lilley yelled for everyone to bale out . |
| 20 | Indraugnir 's strength failed just as they reached the Blighted Isle . |
| 21 | Cocooned in an ivory tower of antique furniture and unfinished jigsaw puzzles , she spends an inordinate amount of time doing simple things like pouring hot water into a teapot ; then she gets on the telephone to her friends and either hangs up just as they reach the receiver or asks them if they would n't mind coming round to tea and picking up some skate from the fishmonger on the way . |
| 22 | Joe steals two bus tickets to Miami , but Ratso dies just as they reach the place of his dreams . |
| 23 | He looked her over as they reached the gallery , pausing at the top of the stairs . |
| 24 | As soon as they reach a pound and twelve P , you sell them . |
| 25 | In London , the Compact has been so successful that children who would previously have left as soon as they reached the school-leaving age of sixteen , are deciding to stay on at school to take further exams . |
| 26 | The three boys had always assumed , as soon as they reached the age for such assumptions , that Charles had married Liz in order to provide the three motherless babes with a proper family life . |
| 27 | But as soon as they reached the living room , she saw his face clearly in the light of the candles . |
| 28 | As soon as they reached the Embankment Father Watson began to speak in measured tones . |
| 29 | The servants themselves were increasingly and overwhelmingly women — between 1841 and 1881 the percentage of men in domestic offices and personal services in Britain fell from about 20 to about 12 — so that the ideal bourgeois household consisted of a male lord dominating a number of hierarchically graded females , all the more so as male children tended to leave the home as they grew up , or even — among the British upper classes — as soon as they reached the age of boarding school . |
| 30 | It was clear that they were in a trap but still they went on until they reached a roadside filling station and café . |