Example sentences of "and arrived at the " in BNC.

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1 In hard hats and protective glasses , we walked past the huge ‘ fume cupboard ’ where the most noxious barrels are opened , and arrived at the vast , closed mouth of the furnace itself .
2 She was kept in training as a five-year-old with her main target the Ascot Gold Cup , and arrived at the Royal meeting unbeaten in her two earlier races that season : never much of a betting proposition once her ability became apparent , Pretty Polly started at 1000–35 on in the March Stakes at Newmarket and at 11–2 on in the Coronation Cup at Epsom ( despite the presence in the latter of the 1904 Derby winner St Amant ) .
3 They arranged the protest at short notice over the phone and arrived at the river to find police everywhere .
4 Somehow Jack got through the rest of the day and arrived at the hospital tired and miserable .
5 Four members of the sprint squad missed the bus and arrived at the stadium later than they should have for the morning heats .
6 It 's early to tell yet ) to a recent number of one of the fashion monthlies , the wheel has turned just about half-circle and arrived at the point where it is almost essential to talk about the food and drink , because they have been chosen mainly with a view to distracting attention from the table decorations .
7 He did n't have long to wait because Newley was a man of habit and arrived at the office at much the same time , day after day .
8 Wycliffe walked to work with a salty taste on his lips and arrived at the Incident Room as the little printer was opening up .
9 We left the Daro river next day and arrived at the Awash a fortnight later .
10 They walked from the brothel through the streets and arrived at the Thames .
11 He lunched at a pub on the way down and arrived at the Incident Room shortly before two .
12 One of Ken 's aunts had come up in the world and arrived at the cemetery wearing a fur coat which was donned purely and simply to impress the other members of the family .
13 It then crossed the Indian Ocean and rounded Australia and arrived at the small purpose-built port of Tokai northeast of Tokyo in early January .
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