Sentence examples for had barely reached from inspiring English sources
At Smith, where word of Dr. Simmons' departure next summer had barely reached the student body, Milka Dennis, president of the Class of 2004, reacted with sad disbelief.
Paul Bako's fly ball to left had barely reached its apex when Rodriguez and Urbina began leaping on the infield grass at Wrigley Field on Wednesday night.
He had barely reached his teens when he was mesmerized by the street dances sweeping the neighborhood, as dancers twisted, flipped and glided to remixed records and rapid-fire raps.
But the $280 million in emergency funds lent by the government had barely reached Swissair when European Union regulators called Swiss envoys on the carpet in Brussels to explain it.
ITS widely touted affiliation with the New York-Presbyterian hadlthcare System had barely reached its first anniversary when Southampton Hospital began looking again for another partner that could help expand its services and alleviate its longstanding financial difficulties.
Operation Desert Storm had barely reached its conclusion, early last month, when events in the region began taking what Ted Koppel, of ABC's "Nightline," called "some alarming and unpredictable turns".
Walter Hagen and Joe Kirkwood, professionals, have barely reached 500.
Yet they have barely reached the population beyond the capital.
Wheat and barley have shrivelled, sunflowers have wilted and sugarbeet has barely reached half its normal size.
