Example sentences of "[conj] arrive [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Young men began ringing up or arriving on the doorstep and announcing themselves as ‘ Wedgie ’ or ‘ Snubs ’ or ‘ Schizo ’ and saying that Conor was the best there was , and was there anything they could do ? |
| 2 | It is a stronger team than the Prince has had before , but still understaffed , given that , as well as finding material for his speeches and meetings , they also have to research and organize his day trips and foreign tours , liaise with the press office and the Princess 's assistant private secretary , Patrick Jephson , over their diaries , as well as handle the colossal amount of mail that arrives by every post . |
| 3 | Hannah Hauxwell 's somewhat late introduction to the benefits of modern civilization , such as water that arrived at the turn of a tap , central heating , shops just a few yards away , even a telephone ( the number is ex-directory or it would never stop ) , clearly created a revolution in her life Her financial situation also improved dramatically with a tidy amount left from the sale of Low Birk Hatt to invest , and substantial sums from the royalties of her best-selling book . |
| 4 | One passenger on a train that arrived at the station seconds before the blast said : ‘ It was a miracle no one was killed . ’ |
| 5 | There were the lavish bouquets , with their personal messages , that arrived after every date — and his sensitivity in not pushing their relationship too fast . |
| 6 | Membership benefits include some that arrive through the post , and others that are waiting for you just around the corner … |
| 7 | Forty per cent of American trade with the Pacific is carried on ships that arrive in the pod of San Francisco . |
| 8 | When he realised that arriving at The Bar meant he was still only just at the start of his wanderings or journey , he ached some nights to be told that he need go no farther than this . |
| 9 | The road gradually descends into kinder surroundings , the sight of trees being welcome after the barren crossing from Gruinard , and arrives at a car park as large as a football field , usually well patronised by cars and coaches and obviously indicating the presence of a major attraction . |
| 10 | ( a not unusual event ) he leaps up the six flights of stairs and arrives at the top as cool as a cucumber , followed by a very out-of-breath Orderly Officer . |
| 11 | The procession , which takes place on the Saturday before the first Monday in August , leaves the town hall at 2pm and arrives at the cathedral some two hours later . |
| 12 | Now , a slick and capacious catamaran leaves Singapore 's Finger Pier at 7.40 every morning and arrives at the island roughly four hours later . |
| 13 | So off I went … and arrived at a country house with a large garden . |
| 14 | On that basis Mr took the cost of one professional carer as twenty three thousand eight hundred and six pounds a year , he multiplied by three point five and arrived at a figure of eighty three thousand three hundred and twenty one pounds . |
| 15 | The case trotted on at something slightly better than the conventional pace of litigation in this country and arrived at a point where each side had to ‘ discover ’ to the other all relevant documents relating to the matter . |
| 16 | One of Ken 's aunts had come up in the world and arrived at the cemetery wearing a fur coat which was donned purely and simply to impress the other members of the family . |
| 17 | Four members of the sprint squad missed the bus and arrived at the stadium later than they should have for the morning heats . |
| 18 | They arranged the protest at short notice over the phone and arrived at the river to find police everywhere . |
| 19 | Wycliffe walked to work with a salty taste on his lips and arrived at the Incident Room as the little printer was opening up . |
| 20 | He lunched at a pub on the way down and arrived at the Incident Room shortly before two . |
| 21 | It 's early to tell yet ) to a recent number of one of the fashion monthlies , the wheel has turned just about half-circle and arrived at the point where it is almost essential to talk about the food and drink , because they have been chosen mainly with a view to distracting attention from the table decorations . |
| 22 | Somehow Jack got through the rest of the day and arrived at the hospital tired and miserable . |
| 23 | He did n't have long to wait because Newley was a man of habit and arrived at the office at much the same time , day after day . |
| 24 | The system was developed over a period of about 10 years and arrived on the market in three stages . |
| 25 | You left one afternoon and arrived on the morning of the third day . |
| 26 | In addition , these changes in the law not only concern property stolen within Holland but also property which was stolen elsewhere in the world and arrived in the country during the twenty year period . |
| 27 | The loss of trade in either case ( and there was the matter of England 's wider markets to be considered , too ) would mean a grave financial loss to the country , not to forget the crown which , since the reign of Edward I , had been taxing certain commodities , such as wool and cloth , as they left and arrived in the country . |
| 28 | She crossed the dinosaur gallery , carefully averting her eyes from her own display , unlocked the solid door and arrived in the security and peace of her own office . |
| 29 | They may also be older and more experienced , and arrive on the breeding grounds earlier in the spring . |
| 30 | The more fully we have developed ourselves the more cause for such gratitude we will have , and the more we understand the cosmos , particularly by grasping the true nature of detailed parts of it and their place in the total scheme , the more we will appreciate the sheer wonderfulness of it , and arrive at a kind of mystical adoration of it . |