Example sentences of "[verb] to arrive at [pron] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ETA Ardneavie 2200/22/6 , her travel instructions stated precisely — which really meant that Wren Violet T. McKeown was expected to arrive at her destination by 10 P.M. on the twenty-second day of June .
2 The projects will include experiments with : ( i ) buses powered by alternative fuels such as natural gas and rape methyl ester ( RME , derived from rapeseed oil ) ; ( ii ) electronic systems for tracking buses to inform people when a bus is expected to arrive at their stop ; and ( iii ) control systems for traffic lights to ease congestion by allowing buses priority .
3 As soon as dusk begins to fall , the local starlings begin to arrive at our house .
4 Items are beginning to arrive at my home for display .
5 He had not , of course , expected to arrive at his objective quite so easily .
6 When the load failed to arrive at his firm 's nearby timber yard by 11.30am , he went to the dock to investigate .
7 Mat was good too , because he did n't want to arrive at her place hot and flustered ; not today , not with her at the end of the walk , not with that subtle but unequivocal promise there , waiting , ready .
8 They use alternative , but equally valid , methods of thinking to arrive at their answers .
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