Example sentences of "[noun] arrived [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was from this starting-point that the structuralists arrived at the radical view that all meaning in every sphere of human activity consists of closed systems wholly independent of the material world . |
| 2 | Ronni was still fizzing with indignation — how dared he make fun of her ? — when , sure enough , a car arrived at the front door , laden with dishes dovered in tin foil . |
| 3 | EURO DISNEYLAND , a little bit of America in the flat farmlands of Seine-et-Marne to the east of Paris , opened an hour earlier than planned yesterday as thousands of visitors arrived at the Enchanted Kingdom . |
| 4 | People from all over the world began to make pilgrimages to Monkey Mia and some 200,000 visitors arrived during the 1989 season . |
| 5 | Post-war Britain is not the age when the working-class hero arrived on the literary stage but rather the moment when , with some evident reluctance , he left it . |
| 6 | A pair of researchers arrived at the extraordinary conclusion that fusion of deuterons could be achieved without the application of massive external energy , which had previously been thought to be an indispensable condition . |
| 7 | ‘ Her mum arrived on the fourth day of the honeymoon , ’ he said . |
| 8 | It required but a single coincidence , whereby an apparent answer to a prayer arrived at the appropriate time , to make him believe that his objects of supplication had powers beyond himself , and had brought him relief . |
| 9 | Kirov arrived at the agreed meeting place as he always did , at the exact specified time . |
| 10 | Paul Newman , older , of course , and Steve McQueen arrived in the big time , too . |
| 11 | When Penry arrived with the promised drink he also brought a hot-water bottle . |
| 12 | An official inquiry indicates that her body arrived at the Military Hospital at 16:20 the same day and came from the Military School . |
| 13 | Syl and Robert arrived at the same time and my mother poured them drinks . |
| 14 | When the American troops arrived in the Saudi desert last August they were mainly shod in 1960s canvas-topped ‘ jungle boots ’ , unchanged since Vietnam . |
| 15 | The waiter arrived with the red wine they had ordered , and Loretta took a decision . |
| 16 | The waiter arrived with the next course and they reverted to politics , talking Spanish again , Ward 's tone , his whole manner softened . |
| 17 | The waiter arrived with the third bottle of Valpolicella and Urquhart poured himself a glass with the same relish as if it were his first . |
| 18 | Doolan was part of the Gateshead team which clinched promotion to the Conference two seasons ago , but left when Tony Lee arrived at the International Stadium . |
| 19 | The two teams arrived in the northern capital from Beijing where they had been competing in the Asian Games . |
| 20 | A SHADOW was cast over a sombre Royal wreath-laying ceremony yesterday when the Prince of Wales ' convoy arrived on the wrong side of a monument to one of Poland 's most painful wartime memories . |
| 21 | Hoping to find important documents , the special ‘ capture group ’ of the Moscow and Russian departments of the ministry of internal affairs arrived at the central committee buildings at 4pm and ordered all workers to quit the buildings without briefcases within an hour , leaving their doors and safes open . |
| 22 | Tension was mounting as preparations got underway for the first ever race between a balloon , a steamroller … and a narrowboat.As entrants arrived for the annual steam rally at Upton , the contestants in the battle of the giants were all expressing optimism.Balloonist Chris Viles reckoned he was in with a good chance : |
| 23 | As we drank our coffee , a lorry arrived from the main group to pick up Macier whose blisters had burst , preventing him from walking . |
| 24 | When officers arrived at the High Row , a large group of anti-fascist campaigners had arrived and were chanting slogans at the BNP . |
| 25 | The next morning Bathsheba and her maid Liddy were dusting some books , when a visitor arrived at the front door . |
| 26 | Accompanied by his wife , whom he had married shortly before sailing , Johnson arrived with the first fleet and celebrated the first Anglican service under ‘ a great tree ’ at Sydney cove on 3 February 1788 . |
| 27 | The timber arrived in the finishing shop and was machined by the aid of jigs and stops , passing from machine to adjacent benches where it was fitted together . |
| 28 | In 209 BC spoils arrived from the Greek city of Tarentum , in south-east Italy . |
| 29 | But less than a month later , John Osborne 's Look Back in Anger arrived at the Royal Court , and elegant , well-made drawing-room plays like this were supposedly consigned to the dustbin of theatrical history . |
| 30 | After twenty minutes , three trains arrived at the same time . |