Example sentences of "[noun sg] arrived at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The first Svend knew that there was a search on for Suzie and himself was when my agent arrived at the house earlier this evening , ’ Rune told her calmly as he sorted through a small pile of leaflets . |
| 2 | There was a delay between the time the ring started to glow and the point at which the glowing reached its peak , because light from the near side of the ring arrived at the earth while light from the far side was still on its way . |
| 3 | She died before the ambulance arrived at the hospital . |
| 4 | But Mrs Countley , whose son suffered a broken arm , said the ambulance arrived at the scene at 1.30pm . |
| 5 | By the time the snow began to thaw he could walk gingerly on his injured ankle and when aid arrived at the farm in the form of Tom 's snow-plough , with Tom guiding the plough and Carrie riding the horse , Seb was standing in the farmyard to greet them . |
| 6 | Other ears heard the transmission , so by the time the force arrived at the target it was covered by a very effective smokescreen . |
| 7 | Eventually , just before 2 p.m. , a small delegation arrived at the Elephant and Castle seeking clarification of what would be on offer . |
| 8 | Labour arrived at the figure of 1.25 million Scots living in poverty by combining those on income support , the unemployed , those on low pay and those claiming family credit . |
| 9 | The carrier arrived at the King Edward Docks and excitement ran high when it was learned to be the Wasp once again . |
| 10 | Ronni was still fizzing with indignation — how dared he make fun of her ? — when , sure enough , a car arrived at the front door , laden with dishes dovered in tin foil . |
| 11 | When Topaz arrived at the residence of Lord Oswin Lovat she did n't hold out much hope of prising his purse open . |
| 12 | Reading Crown Court heard that Creagh , a former deputy housemaster , began a sexual relationship with the 12-year-old in 1988 , soon after the boy arrived at the £2,500-a-term boarding school run by Benedictine monks . |
| 13 | Vanguard arrived at the Clyde submarine base 11 days ago and left her depot at Faslane today for further sea trials with Commander David Russell at the helm and a full crew . |
| 14 | Tess and Angel arrived at the old d'Urberville farmhouse . |
| 15 | The local vet arrived at the farm to examine the carcases . |
| 16 | It required but a single coincidence , whereby an apparent answer to a prayer arrived at the appropriate time , to make him believe that his objects of supplication had powers beyond himself , and had brought him relief . |
| 17 | Then her married sister arrived at the house with news of her real reason for going each evening to the post office . |
| 18 | Meanwhile C. and Miss T. 's sister arrived at the hospital , as did Miss T. 's mother . |
| 19 | A man representing the Cape Town Censor Board arrived at the theatre bearing an order to stop it from being given because Chrimes , as the Scarlet Woman , was ‘ improperly dressed ’ . |
| 20 | Everywhere one looked there were unaccustomed trophies on display and , when the visiting Ryder Cup team arrived at The Belfry in the last few moments of the decade , they were greeted by the sight of the Ryder , Curtis and Walker Cups , knowing that the last name on them was not that of the United States of America . |
| 21 | The Englishman arrived at the FIA headquarters in Place de la Concorde yesterday morning accompanied by his manager , Mike Francis , the Ferrari team manager , Cesare Fiorio , the team 's lawyer , Henry Peter , and a representative of the Italian Automobile Federation , Fabrizio Serena . |
| 22 | Winnie Mandela was grim-faced as she and her husband arrived at the Soweto Magistrates Court . |
| 23 | An official inquiry indicates that her body arrived at the Military Hospital at 16:20 the same day and came from the Military School . |
| 24 | He had only just disappeared down the graveyard path and out of sight when the postman arrived at the back gate . |
| 25 | I had hired a moped in Tiree , there being no bicycles left , and like a multicoloured Batman Snoopy in my Mary Quant cape arrived at the Balemartine Baptist church for morning service . |
| 26 | The next day , the taxi arrived at the nursing home as the clock above the entrance portico struck ten . |
| 27 | By the time the film crew arrived at the door of the Fox and Hounds , the drifts were rising to eighteen inches . |
| 28 | But when a camera crew arrived at the rectory , they got a hostile reception . |
| 29 | I was nursing my mug of tea with both hands and taking short sips of the very hot liquid when a Commando arrived at the trench , stating that he had come to take Sid 's place on the Bren gun . |
| 30 | And the next morning when she and Charity arrived at the meeting they were as much in the dark as everyone else . |