Example sentences of "have arrived at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he can produce no grand reason for abandoning left-wing Labour attitudes , people will be forgiven if they conclude that the change was cynical and opportunistic and that Mr Kinnock is more interested in gaining office than in doing anything in particular once he has arrived at the top . |
| 2 | at a time after the guest has arrived at the hotel , either the property in question was offered for deposit as aforesaid and the proprietor or his servant refused to receive it , or the guest or some other guest acting on his behalf wished so to offer the property in question but , through the default of the proprietor or a servant of his , was unable to do so . |
| 3 | President Bush has arrived at the summit out-of-step with other world leaders on environmental protection measures . |
| 4 | Boy thought that this had been in some ways the perfect night , the best that he had ever had since he 'd arrived at The Bar . |
| 5 | Of course there was the occasional hiccup , such as when they 'd arrived at the nightclub to see a particularly gorgeous girl whom the Press had linked with Ace in the past . |
| 6 | We 'd arrived at the zoo . |
| 7 | He 'd fucking had his dinner at six o'clock , I do n't even know what I rang the club later , I tell you like , twenty past he 'd arrived at the club and he was early , where 'd you go ? |
| 8 | If Hugh and Prior Robert had not been well mounted , and the elderly but resolute former steward of Ramsey forced to go afoot , they could not have arrived at the cathedral priory of Worcester within a day of each other . |
| 9 | We would ari have arrived at the block of flats prior to six o'clock but not many minutes prior to and then from there er we made our way up to that floor by the stairs as opposed to the lift . |
| 10 | The normal rule in such circumstances is for the convictions to be set aside : ‘ no reasonable jury who had applied their mind properly to the facts in the case could have arrived at the conclusion , and once one assumes that they are an unreasonable jury , or they could not have reasonably come to the conclusion , then the convictions can not stand . ’ |
| 11 | The van having arrived at the weighbridge , she got out , but was instructed to get back in as she was ‘ part of the load ’ . |
| 12 | He continued : ‘ Having arrived at the party we do n't want to be seen to be griping . |
| 13 | The other proviso of course , is our commitment to ninety , nineteen ninety four , and nineteen ninety five , not having arrived at the end of the financial year yet , we 're still in the position of having to forecast what those commitments will be . |
| 14 | In his account Norton claims to have arrived at the Elixir of Gold but to have had it stolen by a servant . |
| 15 | However , few of the boards that we observed appeared to have arrived at the stage of reflecting on some of this learning in training sessions , which might , in turn , help them discover ways to become more effective . |
| 16 | A cold wind had picked up since she had arrived at the bar and she rubbed her arms quickly before picking her way through a sea of discarded newspaper to a metal drum and ducked down behind it , her eyes riveted on the door . |
| 17 | The court heard that four soldiers — Paul Fraser , Ian Smith , Brian Sim and Sean Bland — had arrived at the pub at about 10.40 p.m. in Fraser 's white Volkswagen Sirocco and stayed there watching the title fight between boxers Chris Ewbank and Michael Watson on the television . |
| 18 | Mrs Abigail , similarly affected , believed that what she 'd been dreading all day had now come about : the parents of some child had arrived at the bungalow . |
| 19 | Envoys of Offa , however , had arrived at the court of Charlemagne affirming that this rumour was the work of men who were enemies of both Charlemagne and Offa , and had gone on their way to Rome , accompanied by Frankish envoys , to reiterate Offa 's denial of a plot against Hadrian before the pope himself . |
| 20 | They had arrived at the grave . |
| 21 | Fowler had arrived at the small-holding around lunchtime . |
| 22 | She had known as soon as they had arrived at the lodge that her heart had made the right decision , even though it felt irresponsible and utterly childish to be spending a summer like this , at her age , and after all the work she had done to put the initials MD after her name . |
| 23 | Here they were , objects of suspicion to be interrogated by the police , and not even noticed by the one or two newspaper men who had arrived at the hotel . |
| 24 | However , love or no love , Martin had arrived at the gallery one morning , with his small baby in his arms , and the news that his wife had left him , and the clear expectation of help of some kind from Clelia . |
| 25 | She was late because Crystal Daly telephoned , indignant that Brian Berg had arrived at the gallery and accused her of being MacQuillan 's mistress . |
| 26 | Well , the revels master returned , saying that some masked noble figures had arrived at the water stairs . |
| 27 | They had arrived at the wharf , which was exceedingly ill-lit . |
| 28 | Roland Hardy , prosecuting , said 24-year-old Miss Chui , from Singapore , had arrived at the university the previous month and on the day of the accident was walking home with fellow student Cedric Xavier . |
| 29 | A note had arrived at the surgery from the lady in Chester saying that after careful study of the X-rays she thought that Mr Spottiswoode 's pain might be connected with a chest problem . |
| 30 | He had arrived at the top . |