Example sentences of "[noun prp] arrive [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It was Brainsby 's idea for Richard Branson to arrive at the inaugural press conference wearing a brown leather aviator 's helmet , à la Biggles , in an attempt to lend the launching of an international airline something of the savour of a Boys Own adventure .
2 Lord Attenborough arriving at the newly-restored Magdalen bridge in Oxford .
3 Patrick arrived in the early hours of the morning , exactly on the hospital due date .
4 Kirov arrived at the agreed meeting place as he always did , at the exact specified time .
5 Paul Newman , older , of course , and Steve McQueen arrived in the big time , too .
6 When Penry arrived with the promised drink he also brought a hot-water bottle .
7 Syl and Robert arrived at the same time and my mother poured them drinks .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 To maintain his operation , Sangster needed a regular flow of Classic winners , but this dried up when the Maktoums arrived on the international scene with their limitless spending power .
11 Burton arrived at the first rehearsal word-perfect and with the part already sewn on him like a skin .
12 Bukharin arrived at the following conclusion :
13 The first 180 of 300 Iraqi Kurdish refugees living in Turkey who were to be accepted by France arrived in the latter country on Aug. 1 , 1989 .
14 Beuno arrived with the lengthening shadows , bearing a dead pheasant .
15 Which is more than can be said of the successors of the first Labour government , elected just when the Elmhirsts arrived at the bankrupt farms and derelict buildings of Dartington .
16 When Ruth and Miss Beard arrived at the rear door of the house , the carriage was already waiting .
17 Several hours after their withdrawal , the 11 soldiers and Dr Mardell arrived at the Serbian town of Banja Koviljaca .
18 Attempting to distinguish the two forms , Frances Berry arrived at the strange result that Thou in the Sonnets is ‘ remote ’ and ‘ betokens distant admiration ’ , while You is ‘ more intimate ’ .
19 TOMMY DOCHERTY AND MARY BROWN ARRIVE AT THE OLD BAILEY DURING DOCHERTY 'S PERJURY TRIAL
20 Secretan arrived at the same conclusion : ‘ It is scarcely to be wondered at that youthful craving for variety and excitement sometimes leads gangs of boys to try and put a little colour into their leisure hours in ways which lead to conflict with authority or to degradation of character .
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