Example sentences of "arrived at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arrived at the station , the daily travellers , dressed to a man in dark suits , white , stiff-collared shirts , and bowler or trilby hats , with their tightly furled umbrellas held as elegantly as they were able , would quickly assemble in their respective and habitual positions along the platform , for they knew exactly where ‘ their ’ compartment would come to rest . |
| 2 | Roland Hardy , prosecuting , said 24-year-old Miss Chui , from Singapore , had arrived at the university the previous month and on the day of the accident was walking home with fellow student Cedric Xavier . |
| 3 | A note had arrived at the surgery from the lady in Chester saying that after careful study of the X-rays she thought that Mr Spottiswoode 's pain might be connected with a chest problem . |
| 4 | What would have happened had I not arrived at the door at precisely that juncture , I can not imagine . |
| 5 | Here , a family group has just arrived at the giraffe 's enclosure on a day out at the zoo ( 1 ) . |
| 6 | Of course there was the occasional hiccup , such as when they 'd arrived at the nightclub to see a particularly gorgeous girl whom the Press had linked with Ace in the past . |
| 7 | at a time after the guest has arrived at the hotel , either the property in question was offered for deposit as aforesaid and the proprietor or his servant refused to receive it , or the guest or some other guest acting on his behalf wished so to offer the property in question but , through the default of the proprietor or a servant of his , was unable to do so . |
| 8 | Here they were , objects of suspicion to be interrogated by the police , and not even noticed by the one or two newspaper men who had arrived at the hotel . |
| 9 | One witness claimed a shotgun was brandished before police arrived at the scene . |
| 10 | One witness claimed a shotgun had been brandished before police arrived at the scene . |
| 11 | They had arrived at the wharf , which was exceedingly ill-lit . |
| 12 | Mrs Abigail , similarly affected , believed that what she 'd been dreading all day had now come about : the parents of some child had arrived at the bungalow . |
| 13 | She had known as soon as they had arrived at the lodge that her heart had made the right decision , even though it felt irresponsible and utterly childish to be spending a summer like this , at her age , and after all the work she had done to put the initials MD after her name . |
| 14 | When they 'd first arrived at the Base , she had quite liked the old Administrator , but since Paula 's death he 'd changed . |
| 15 | Envoys of Offa , however , had arrived at the court of Charlemagne affirming that this rumour was the work of men who were enemies of both Charlemagne and Offa , and had gone on their way to Rome , accompanied by Frankish envoys , to reiterate Offa 's denial of a plot against Hadrian before the pope himself . |
| 16 | Fowler had arrived at the small-holding around lunchtime . |
| 17 | They had arrived at the grave . |
| 18 | When at last I looked up we 'd almost arrived at the village . |
| 19 | Well , the revels master returned , saying that some masked noble figures had arrived at the water stairs . |
| 20 | We have , then , arrived at the beginning rather than at the end of a story . |
| 21 | Arrived at the inn , he hammered on the door . |
| 22 | However , love or no love , Martin had arrived at the gallery one morning , with his small baby in his arms , and the news that his wife had left him , and the clear expectation of help of some kind from Clelia . |
| 23 | She was late because Crystal Daly telephoned , indignant that Brian Berg had arrived at the gallery and accused her of being MacQuillan 's mistress . |
| 24 | If Hugh and Prior Robert had not been well mounted , and the elderly but resolute former steward of Ramsey forced to go afoot , they could not have arrived at the cathedral priory of Worcester within a day of each other . |
| 25 | In April 1770 he was again arrested for debt , and this time wrote to an unknown friend : ‘ After being six times arrested : nine times in a spunging house ; and three times in the Fleet-prison , I am at least happily arrived at the King 's Bench [ Prison ] ’ . |
| 26 | Hugh and Prior Robert had arrived at the priory late in the evening , paid their respects to the prior , attended Vespers to do reverence to the saints of the foundation , Saints Oswald and Wulstan , and taken Herluin and his attendants into their confidence about the loss , or at the very least the misplacement , of Saint Winifred 's reliquary ; with a sharp eye , at least on Hugh 's part , for the way the news was received . |
| 27 | If he can produce no grand reason for abandoning left-wing Labour attitudes , people will be forgiven if they conclude that the change was cynical and opportunistic and that Mr Kinnock is more interested in gaining office than in doing anything in particular once he has arrived at the top . |
| 28 | He had arrived at the top . |
| 29 | Boy thought that this had been in some ways the perfect night , the best that he had ever had since he 'd arrived at The Bar . |
| 30 | A cold wind had picked up since she had arrived at the bar and she rubbed her arms quickly before picking her way through a sea of discarded newspaper to a metal drum and ducked down behind it , her eyes riveted on the door . |