Example sentences of "he arrived at [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually , he arrived at her side and , exasperated , flung his clubs down the bank and exclaimed crossly : ‘ Here , lady , for God 's sake , let's do a swap ; you have these damned clubs and let me have your fishing rod . |
| 2 | She did not see Gedge until six weeks later when he arrived at their door after a minor road accident . |
| 3 | ‘ He went back to France then six months later he arrived at my house on a Harley Davidson , dressed head to toe in leathers . |
| 4 | He arrived at my home and in the course of the evening he buttonholed me . |
| 5 | He arrived at my house with his wife and a pile of photographs of African men . |
| 6 | He was cutting his journey fine and it was only by actually jogging from Friedrichstrasse , and feeling a fool for doing so , apart from almost breaking his neck by slipping on the icy pavement , that he arrived at his office before the ominous red line was drawn . |
| 7 | He arrived at his drive , discussed the second shot , decided on a club and then , before taking it out of the bag , held out his hands in front of his caddie and said : ‘ Look , not a tremor . ’ |
| 8 | He arrived at his desk , squinted at the offering tucked into his blotter and sat down to read it properly : a short , sanctimonious newspaper piece on the temptation and pressures on the successful young , Tristram Wilson being mentioned , with many a crocodile tear , as one of the recent casualties . |
| 9 | His early history was not revealed , but when he arrived at his new home he was hostile , aggressive , and even savage ; and people were forced to take to their own heels to save themselves from his ! |
| 10 | He arrived at his final year at high school in good fettle and with enough good grades to get to university if he wanted . |
| 11 | The Provisional Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) killed a loyalist political worker on Aug. 9 as he arrived at his work in Londonderry . |
| 12 | It was thus that he arrived at his figure of six hundred and twenty thousand three hundred and thirty one pounds to the overall cost of future care in this case . |
| 13 | You will remember that : ‘ The speed speechreader wants to know the answer , not how he arrived at it … he pieces together the sense from a few fragments . ’ |