It would take them hours to reach civilization, and longer still to convince anyone that their tale held truth.

After a desperate journey Tom and his friends reached civilization, with a large supply of gold.

They then began to travel north in hope to reach civilization.

I charge you to keep private watch over him when we reach civilization again - just in case.

Oh, Tom, it will be so good to reach civilization again.

But we also quite literally have a long way to go to reach civilization.

I shall take her to them and see that she reaches civilization in safety.

It took several hours to reach what civilization the spaceport offered.

He did not want me to reach civilization and accuse him of murder.

It would have meant that they might never reach civilization by the northern route.