Example sentences of "he arrived at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unable to persuade other firms to commit to such a specific amount , he arrived at a compromise by forming the Per Cent Club , which has 120 corporate members giving not less than a half per cent of their annual UK pre-tax income to the community . |
| 2 | He arrived at a decision , threw the cigarette away , and turned towards a small depressing row of agricultural cottages . |
| 3 | He arrived at a town surrounded by icebergs and with no road out . |
| 4 | During one of his European tours he arrived at a prison in the Savoy where a full-scale riot was in progress and two warders had already been killed . |
| 5 | He arrived at a time when converging philosophical , political , scientific , and economic influences had inspired a number of English landowners to transform their estates into prosperous miniature centres for civilized living . |
| 6 | In the second period , applying a multiplier of six to the figure of fifty nine thousand four hundred and twenty one pounds and ninety six pence , he arrived at a figure of three hundred and fifty six thousand five hundred and thirty one pounds and seventy six pence . |
| 7 | He arrived at the conference hall after having a Campaign Group leaflet thrust into his hand . |
| 8 | Irene Jaffray said at Shrewsbury Crown Court that Eddie Browning made the request to her when he arrived at the house she shared with Kerry Evans in Inverurie , Aberdeenshire . |
| 9 | just before he arrived at the school Victor Gollancz left its staff , ejected because he tried to rouse boys ' minds by heady and daring political argument . |
| 10 | In April 1974 , seven months after the coup which brought Pinochet to power , he arrived at the Air Force base of Colina on the outskirts of Santiago to begin his two years of military service . |
| 11 | He arrived at the crowded town square near Bogota and was born shoulder high to climb up onto the back of a truck to make his campaign speech . |
| 12 | When he arrived at the BBC as deputy Director-General in 1987 , John Birt even told the Financial Times that he found the place ‘ crudely , thoughtlessly anti-Establishment . ’ |
| 13 | When he arrived at the chapel , which sat about 3,000 , he was shocked to learn that ‘ a certain upper gallery holding 150 was ‘ the Coloured Gallery ’ . |
| 14 | Twelve months ago , when he arrived at the Courtyard Marriott on the night of his triumph , following the small dinner the club always gives the new champion , he was happy with a can or two of beer while everyone else drank champagne . |
| 15 | It was an improvement on last week when he arrived at the place , though . |
| 16 | He arrived at the hospital at seven forty and reported to the chief surgeon . |
| 17 | He had left at 5.30 and heard Philip Drew 's voice as he arrived at the theatre at 6.00 . |
| 18 | She suggested that I speak to a man who had lived nearby in 1948 , and after some hours he arrived at the house , a middle-aged Israeli with a lined face and very bloodshot eyes . |
| 19 | When he arrived at the meeting it was to be told that he was suspended and barred from his office . |
| 20 | His father was told about the accident , and he arrived at the scene quickly enough to accompany Guy to hospital in the ambulance . |
| 21 | He arrived at the café a full hour before he had intended . |
| 22 | Gary fancied the uniform of the Coldstream Guards when he arrived at the recruiting office . |
| 23 | Yanto cycled on down the wharf , dodging the mooring ropes until he arrived at the berth of a small Norwegian timber boat called ‘ Marit , ’ registered in Oslo . |
| 24 | Primaflora was absent when he arrived at the villa and when she returned , an hour later , she was wearing a girdle and a left sleeve he had never seen before , and a jewelled coif with a curled feather in it . |
| 25 | Eventually , puffing and panting , he arrived at the security gate . |
| 26 | When he arrived at the £10 million water testing laboratory the prince was greeted by a host of staff dressed in white coats . |
| 27 | Whatever , when he arrived at the Ring , Niki was pilloried in the sporting press for his opposition to a great track in which all the other champions had raced : if he was so craven-hearted , they said , he should n't be racing . |
| 28 | Opened by another Mr Perkins who was staying at the same hotel , the package was passed to police who were ready and waiting for the actor when he arrived at the hotel in Cardiff . |
| 29 | He arrived at the bridge , walked over it then back again , he looked over the parapet at the shining metals , the line curved away round a curve ; he looked around , everything was quiet , the moon had come out and there was just a touch of frost in the air . |
| 30 | Mr Wormwood did n't notice anything when he put the hat on , but when he arrived at the garage he could n't get it off . |