Example sentences of "arrived at the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 There is something reflexive rather than rational , automatic rather than deliberative , circumscribed and autonomous rather than holistic about parsing a sentence such as ‘ She met John before Mary arrived at the airport ’ in the way we do ( with the pronoun she not referring to Mary but to some other female ) .
2 An hour later they arrived at the airport .
3 Once the President had retired to his quarters for the short flight , the DDI opened the envelope he 'd been handed when he arrived at the airport .
4 They arrived at the airport in the morning .
5 As the bus arrived at the airport a shooting brake drew up and a party of nuns got out of it .
6 When I arrived at the airport to check in , I was surprised by the amount of security , I decided they must be looking for drug traffickers .
7 They arrived at the airport , and were rushed on to the 747 to Hong Kong .
8 They arrived at the airport with time to spare , and Fabia gently suggested that Cara might want to telephone their parents about Barney .
9 When she arrived at the airport she immediately checked in her baggage and made a phone call to Amsterdam .
10 When she arrived at the airport she reached into her baggage and quickly made a phone call to Amsterdam .
11 When she arrived at the airport she immediately checked in her baggage and made a phone call to Amsterdam .
12 When she arrived at the airport she immediately checked in her baggage and made a phone call to Amsterdam .
13 An American army sergeant arrived at the airport one day who befriended me and he was in charge of an artillery spotting plane called the Piper Cub which they gave a small corner of the airfield to .
14 Before they left for Raasay , there arrived at the Mackinnons ' a card and two visitors .
15 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 .
16 I arrived at the villa at about 5.30pm and was led straight to the spot .
17 It was after the ‘ half ’ when Charles arrived at the Variety Theatre .
18 The Queen looked drawn and unsmiling as she arrived at the games with Prince Philip , Prince Edward and the Queen Mother .
19 The Englishman arrived at the FIA headquarters in Place de la Concorde yesterday morning accompanied by his manager , Mike Francis , the Ferrari team manager , Cesare Fiorio , the team 's lawyer , Henry Peter , and a representative of the Italian Automobile Federation , Fabrizio Serena .
20 He must have wished he had been there , protected by the Pinkerton security guards employed here , earlier in the week when a messenger arrived at the course to serve a paternity suit .
21 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 .
22 He had been sacked by the sponsors when finally he arrived at the course .
23 Peake arrived at the Victoria Ground highly recommended by Little and Pool boss Alan Murray said : ‘ Now we know why .
24 Ahead of us I could hear the noise of the waterfall — there had been plenty of rain and when we arrived at the foss , the beck that eventually joins the Ure to travel down Wensleydale was hammering over the lip of the force .
25 Gasping for breath , they arrived at the bottom of the pit .
26 We were in a mild state of shock by the time we arrived at the bottom .
27 We arrived at the bottom of a rope ladder which seemed to rise to an enormous height up the ship 's side .
28 They arrived at the bottom of a winding cliff path which seemed to lead to the fortress and the forest on the land above to the open land where a strange , timeless battle was being fought beneath the dusk sky .
29 I mean I think we arrived at the bottom about six o'clock
30 By his own account , Joyce arrived at the pavilion , in Blackshirt uniform , about half an hour before the meeting .
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