Example sentences of "[pers pn] arrive [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I crossed the Thames at Tower Bridge and walked further south than I had ever been before , and when I arrived at the rival market I could n't believe my eyes . |
| 2 | I found fifteen waiting for me when I arrived at the Awash Station , all thoroughly unhappy at the prospect ahead . |
| 3 | As I arrived at the recent show of Eileen Cooper 's drawings at the Benjamin Rhodes Gallery after visiting the controversial ( read media-hype ) show , Strange Developments , at the Anthony d'Offay Gallery , I could not help but find great comfort in the sheer generosity of spirit with which these big drawings greet you . |
| 4 | When I arrived at the Big House , I was asked to stay to lunch . |
| 5 | I arrived for the American premiere and these ghosts made no sense at all . |
| 6 | The first thing that I noticed when I arrived in the dusty Managua airport , besides the tanks parked in the landing field , was an enormous poster of an unmistakable Daniel Ortega , clad in blue jeans and a cowboy shirt , holding an infant with an earring . |
| 7 | The two of them arrived at the broken gate of a house even more rackety than its peeling neighbours . |
| 8 | She walks from her flat at the wrong end of Ladbroke Grove , along the Harrow Road , under various stretches of motorway , past the Metropole Hotel where she calls in to buy herself a drink in the Cosmo-Cocktail Bar ( she is perversely fond of the Metropole Hotel ) , and then through various increasingly handsome although gloomy back streets , until she arrives at the arranged corner . |
| 9 | He realises they are fighting only to ‘ gild ’ Menelaus ' horns ; and is disgusted by Cressida 's easy morals when she arrives in the Greek camp , kissing anyone that offers : |
| 10 | All the same , she could feel butterflies in her stomach when she arrived at the imposing entrance to Puddephat 's college at twelve . |
| 11 | When she arrived at the Red House , a large Citroën was parked at the top of the short drive . |
| 12 | When she arrived in the outer office , she sat at her desk , trembling , hoping Damian would not appear all day , but of course she was lying to herself again , appalled by her own desire . |
| 13 | Following some other reasonable sections you arrive at the final part , a big up-scroller containing the credits , thank and usual stuff . |
| 14 | When you arrive at the continental airport you will be required to pass through passport control , claim your baggage and obtain customs clearance . |
| 15 | Continuing along the line of the old ramparts you arrive beside the huge atrium in the Piazza XXIV Maggio . |
| 16 | If you arrive after the introductory talk , please feel free to join an escorted group or to tour the School unaccompanied . |
| 17 | As guidebooks will tell you , you should not rush your acclimatisation period when you arrive in the Far East . |
| 18 | The first thing I noticed as we arrived at the famous pot was a fixed caving rope leading down into the dark abyss , and I could n't resist scrambling across to peer in . |
| 19 | As some hon. Members may know , I have some interest in that subject , and I hope that I shall be able to have an Adjournment debate in which to discuss the process by which we arrived at the present stage of the project . |
| 20 | We finished just before we arrived at the main gate of the chateau . |
| 21 | We arrived at the little house in the evening and already there were a few people there . |
| 22 | The BX 4x4 Estate , yesterday a safari vehicle , became today a Grand Tourer as we made our farewell circuit through picturesque villages and bustling market towns until we arrived at the old spa resort of Buxton , said to be the highest town in England , where we had , reluctantly , to admit that it was time to head for home . |
| 23 | The BX 4×4 Estate , yesterday a safari vehicle , became today a Grand Tourer as we made our farewell circuit through picturesque villages and bustling market towns until we arrived at the old spa resort of Buxton , said to be the highest town in England , where we had reluctantly to admit that it was time to head for home . |
| 24 | We arrived at the French Riviera town of Frejus after an overnight journey on the Motorail . |
| 25 | As soon as we arrived in the red room , I became quiet again , and the two servants both started scolding me . |
| 26 | Thus , safe and composed , we arrived in the very heart of Derbyshire 's beautiful and historic Peak District , looking forward to our three day stay and in plenty of time for dinner . |
| 27 | Thus , safe and composed , we arrived in the very heart of Derbyshire 's beautiful and historic Peak District , looking forward to our three day stay and in plenty of time for dinner . |
| 28 | The fortress at Silves has a courtyard that was lined and pinned and partly excavated by the time we arrived in the pouring rain to look at it . |
| 29 | But surely such intuitive resemblance must be based on some underlying implicit common themes our difficulty is that when we try to spell these out we arrive at the various problems experienced in our earlier attempts at definition . |
| 30 | Although moral philosophers tend to treat aesthetics as a poor relation of their own discipline , it is in aesthetics that we arrive at the central problem of evaluating the activities which we pursue without thought of serving a purpose , in particular the one traditionally regarded as not merely good in itself but in some mysterious way improving to the agent , the contemplation of beauty . |