Example sentences of "had arrived in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Ballycastle the Portrush lifeboat had arrived in the bay at 0700 , and the Y boat launched with Crew Members Trevor McMullen and Trevor Creelman aboard . |
| 2 | Soviet recognition was extended to the Castro government a few days after it had taken power , but this was not reciprocated , and it appears to have been the Cubans , concerned not to give Washington any pretext for claiming that Communism had arrived in the Caribbean , who were responsible for the fact that for well over a year after the revolution the two countries did not have diplomatic ties . |
| 3 | It had arrived in the south west Pacific area in December 1942 and served with the US 5th Air Force throughout the Pacific campaign . |
| 4 | Of course , the others laughed at him but he insisted and said that at about the same time I thought I 'd seen Sir Bartholomew , a stranger had arrived in the village late at night and stopped at the ale-house for food and drink . |
| 5 | She loved Hyde Park because it was the nearest thing she 'd seen to the country side since she had arrived in the capital . |
| 6 | Her only regret was that Dr Neil did not buy the Clarion Cry so that so far the only piece of her work which she had seen in print was the one which she had written before she had arrived in the East End . |
| 7 | They went straight in to land at Luqa , but as they approached saw bombs bursting on the runway — they had arrived in the middle of a raid ! |
| 8 | ‘ This looks like a good job , ’ I though , unaware that I had arrived in the middle of Danny Baker 's leaving party . |
| 9 | The system was introduced by the general manager who had arrived in the company only three or four years previously , bringing with him a strong philosophy of participation and involvement . |
| 10 | It had arrived in the company of a flock of Russian white-fronted geese . |
| 11 | On July 28 , however , the Iraqi government provided fresh evidence of its nuclear programme to a fourth UN inspection team , which had arrived in the country on July 27 . |
| 12 | Ariel Sharon , Israel 's controversial Minister of Housing and Construction , had arrived in the Moscow on Sept. 6 at the start of a week-long private visit to the Soviet Union . |
| 13 | Bodie had arrived in the hotel lobby just after Lin Foh had left his room . |
| 14 | He had arrived in the sort of clothes one often sees continental gentlemen wearing on their holidays , and indeed , throughout his stay , he was to maintain diligently the appearance of having come to Darlington Hall entirely for pleasure and friendship . |
| 15 | They had arrived in the bedroom without knowing how they had got there . |
| 16 | Months later it had arrived in the post and since then it had stood in its velvet frame , beside her mother 's bed . |
| 17 | I had arrived in the morning on a China Air flight from Taipei to be met by an ‘ expediter ’ : someone who specializes in facilitating the arrivals and departures of important people . |
| 18 | Jock laughingly informed me that when he had arrived in the area there had been a short quiet spell . |
| 19 | And that the lack smack addict treated in this area had arrived in the area already addicted . |
| 20 | By 4/5 May they had arrived in the Drau valley , near Lienz ( nearly 100 miles west of Klagenfurt ) . |
| 21 | And that delay meant Mrs Fraser had arrived in the Republic of Ireland , when prompt action could have prevented the whole mess . |
| 22 | The first time I came across him I had arrived in the Azores with a blown-out mainsail , flat batteries and was in need of cooking gas . |
| 23 | Each was in an envelope ; the envelopes all bore Boy 's name , and the addresses of the twelve different places in which Boy had briefly lived since he had arrived in the city , before he had managed to get this place where he was resident now . |
| 24 | Those who did live there all knew Father McGiff and they were able to inform the ignorant that he had been a close friend of the Rabbi ever since the Jews had arrived in the city . |
| 25 | So it was that by the time Hugh and Twoflower entered the courtyard of the Broken Drum the leaders of a number of them were aware that someone had arrived in the city who appeared to have much treasure . |
| 26 | On Feb. 13 up to 50,000 demonstrators outside the CP headquarters called for the deportation of Armenian refugees from Dushanbe ( the authorities insisted that fewer than 40 Armenians had arrived in the city , not thousands as rumoured , and that all had been housed with relatives ) , for the dismissal of the republic 's leadership , and for better job prospects and housing and environmental protection . |
| 27 | It was said that he had arrived in the Discworld after some terrible and mysterious incident in another Eventuality . |