Example sentences of "[pers pn] arrive [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was in September 1953 that I arrived as a new boy at Woolverstone Hall School and it may be that Ray was also new to the school . |
| 2 | I arrived to a house stricken with grief in Plaistow Grove , Bromley , and it was n't easy . |
| 3 | In fact , I arrived at a look I liked fifteen years ago and I have hardly changed it since then . |
| 4 | The wind and rain beat down on me , and I fell down several times , but finally I arrived at a long , low house , standing rather isolated in the middle of the moor . |
| 5 | Whether as Minister for Aviation or as Minister for Coal and Electricity , I had the same experience whenever I arrived at a meeting of the Council of Ministers . |
| 6 | After hours of brain searching work I arrived at a formula that produced some sensible — but not accurate figures . |
| 7 | When I arrived at the station , I took the next train back to London . |
| 8 | When I arrived at the counter I asked for Katrina . |
| 9 | Next evening I arrived at the cottage with the rucksack half-full of tinned food , bully beef , steak and kidney and , of course , the tinned plum duff ; chocolate ( the hard stuff from the 48-hour ration pack , but still very tasty ) ; tobacco and some cigarettes — in all , quite a collection of foodstuffs . |
| 10 | After a few minutes ' walk I arrived at the edge of the wooded area ; in front of me was about two hundred yards of grass , rising to the high ground covered by thick gorse and ferns . |
| 11 | ‘ When I arrived at the river I was n't at all sure I was doing the right thing because the water temperature was 4.1 degrees Centigrade and the air temperature was 1.8 degrees , ’ said Les . |
| 12 | When I arrived at the rehearsal the leader of the orchestra said , ‘ Mr von Karajan , I am sorry but we can not begin ; the singers are not here . ’ |
| 13 | When I arrived at the Big House , I was asked to stay to lunch . |
| 14 | When I arrived at the course , there they were in a rack being watched over by a young man , who , in turn , placed them in a buggy . |
| 15 | I arrived at the station in good time and chained my travel-bag to the luggage rack . |
| 16 | I arrived at the Cheshire Cheese early deliberately — to spy out the land … ’ |
| 17 | So it was that just after 8.15 on the morning of Monday , May 6th , 1929 I arrived at the Times-Herald editorial offices and found the place locked up tight . |
| 18 | As for myself , I arrived at the first weekend in a state of high evangelism that must have bored everyone I met . |
| 19 | When I arrived at the Demob Centre , I sat around in a bare hall for what seemed like a couple of hours , with two or three hundred other Waafs , and we stared at each other without interest . |
| 20 | When I arrived at the Palace gates with my invitation card I was somewhat taken aback when two or three in the crowd around the railings recognized me and asked for autographs — in that place of all places ! |
| 21 | But that very Saturday , I arrived at the nut tree , Tesco bag at the ready , to find the ground littered with empty shells and husks . |
| 22 | When I arrived at the GA European Open , I looked at the list of entrants for the Lancome Trophy to find that I was right at the bottom of the list of qualifiers with one week to go before the final selection . |
| 23 | When I arrived at the club , I found I was billed ( in coloured chalk ) as Marti Caine . |
| 24 | But when I arrived at The St Chad 's Deanery Day for Stockport and discovered there was a group of 20 people aged from ten up to 19 , I thought that things could n't be so bad after all . |
| 25 | All of which explained that when I arrived at the BMC 's International Meet halfway through the week , the climbers that drifted into breakfast that morning looked like they 'd been on the receiving end of a very nasty artillery barrage . |
| 26 | I arrived at the villa at about 5.30pm and was led straight to the spot . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've been away so long I felt a bit like the new boy walking into the old school when I arrived at the studio for Carry On Columbus , ’ he admits . |
| 28 | I arrived at the studios laden with books containing pieces to read . |
| 29 | I arrived at the Ministry of Culture and went to see Khalturin . |
| 30 | After the quickest possible change , I arrived at the reception to find that David and Tessa Marchwood were already there busy greeting guests ! |