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Example sentences for "length they"

  • At length they stood in the motley Eastern crowd upon the quay, wondering where they could find an inn that was quiet and of cheap charges, since they did not wish to be considered persons of wealth or importance.

  • At length they came to the stone gate of the Abbey, that gave the place its name of Stangate.

  • At length they arrived at the residence of the great khan, and being brought into his presence, were most courteously received, and treated with great distinction.

  • Upon this they rode four days journey along the coast, when at length they espied a ship at about eight Italian miles from the shore.

  • At length they appointed a Jugur, who understanding I would give him nothing, and that I wished to go by Armenia, caused our letters to be made for conducting me to the soldan of Turkey, hoping he might there receive gifts.

  • But at length they brought me a guide to conduct me to the king of Georgia.

  • They struggled on for a considerable time, however, von Schalckenberg leading the way, until at length they came to a small open space in the centre of which grew an enormous mahogany tree.

  • At length they descried at a distance, on the stormy shore, two or three eagles among a busy congregation of crows or turkey buzzards.

  • After leaving the fort, they had journeyed towards the northeast, over plains green as an emerald with the young verdure of April, till at length they saw, far as the eye could reach, the boundless prairie alive with herds of buffalo.

  • At length they found a more friendly band, and learned much touching the Spaniards, who, they were told, were universally hated by the tribes of that country.

  • Here they were detained a week by a storm; and when at length they embarked in a canoe furnished by Bellefontaine, the tempest soon forced them to put back.

  • At length they seemed to have made up their minds about the subject, for they stopped talking; and motioning Bob to follow, they walked away, leading the ass with them.

  • At length they arrived at the town of Albano, where they intended to remain two hours, and afterwards resume their journey.

  • They waited a long time, and when at length they prepared to leave Pompeii, it was late in the day.

  • It was still fertile, and covered with luxuriant vegetation on every side; but the signs of human habitation decreased, until at length they ceased.

  • They walked here for about two miles, until at length they came in sight of a small harbor, into which the creek ran.

  • At length they came to an opening in the woods where the scene was no longer shut in by trees, but showed a wide-extended prospect.

  • At length they divided, half of them riding rapidly ahead, and the other half moving forward at a walk, and scanning every foot of ground in the open and in the woods.

  • At length they retired, and the Spaniards having staid nine days resolved to return to St Domingo and Porto Rico, endeavouring to discover some islands by the way of which they had received accounts from the Indians.

  • At length they came to the desired stream, the object of their search, the waters of which flowed to the west.

  • At length they arrived at the council lodge.

  • At length they came in sight of a far-reaching coast and a lovely land; and not far from the shore they saw a noble fortress, with a number of tall towers pointing toward the sky.

  • Down the sands at length they came, riding upon their steeds; and behind them followed a train of vassals bearing their kingly garments and their gold-red shields.

  • At length they, having an oppertunitie, resolved to send M^r.

  • In y^e agitation of their thoughts, and much discours of things hear aboute, at length they began to incline to this conclusion, of remoovall to some other place.

  • The boy bore the pain very heroically, but at length they threatened to put him to the torture, and, among other things, to cut out his tongue, if he did not tell.

  • The two princes fought for some time without any very decisive success on either side, when at length they concluded to settle the quarrel by a compromise.

  • The other paths led nowhere, or, rather, they led on through various devious windings in all respects similar to those of the true path, until at length they came to a sudden stop, and the explorer was obliged to return.

  • At length they came to a place where smoke and flames were shooting up into the air, and when they reached the spot they found an old woman sitting at the mouth of a cave and stirring the fire under a pot.

  • After the death of Kalev, Linda was much pestered by suitors who were anxious to marry the rich widow; but she refused them all, and at length they ceased to trouble her.

  • At length they reached a room where an elegant supper was laid out, and two chairs stood at the table, one of silver and the other of gold.

  • At length they arrived, and found an empty dog-kennel at the gate.

  • When at length they arrived at the port for which they were bound, a cavalry officer came to inspect the newly enlisted soldiers before they were landed, and Catalina was startled to hear him addressed by her own name.

  • At length they began to separate from each other, each living with his own wives, slaves, and dependants, like independent princes.

  • At length they espied, one afternoon, in the distant horizon, a sail.

  • At length they reached a dark wooded gorge, which the sunlight could scarcely penetrate.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "length they" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    after waiting; but look; candied lemon; constitutional monarch; deep enough; family income; fine house; length and; length arrived; length came; length compelled; length from; length portrait; length reached; length remarked; length said; length the; length they; lengthened period; majority vote; make peace; noble blood; particular person; she finished; virgin areas; wherever found