Example sentences of "not arrived at " in BNC.

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1 During the summer when there was not even a blade of green grass in the paddock , her feed of oats and other goodies became inordinately important to her , to the extent that one day when her dinner had not arrived at the usual time she began to paw at the fence in anxiety .
2 By failing to take this holistic stance and by the adoption of a narrow perspective ( the curriculum ) within a managerial approach dedicated to control , standardisation and output evaluation , the ‘ Great Debate ’ has not arrived at the promised land but has been confined to endless wanderings in the wilderness of the present or indeed the past .
3 Other parents do their best to frighten the life out of those who have not arrived at this stage , with doom-laden tales of trouble and strife .
4 At the same time , for those who have not arrived at , or hold back from such a step of faith , the Kingdom is not yet .
5 More likely , we may suppose that we have not arrived at an exact specification of one or more of the ten .
6 They have not arrived at a favourable view of the monarchy because the balance sheet falls in the black .
7 ‘ It is not surprising that he has not arrived at Osborne House yet .
8 What would have happened had I not arrived at the door at precisely that juncture , I can not imagine .
9 The youths , being Moslems , were not having this from any woman , even if she were a great lady , and things would have gone ill for Zeinab if Owen had not arrived at that moment , on his way to her flat .
10 ‘ But , however it came across , I do n't think I was feeling very hostile — how could I be when , since I knew which hotel you were in , I would probably have been in contact had you not arrived at my home . ’
11 The best man said he was n't used to speeches , he nearly had n't arrived at all himself , but he just wanted to thank Father here for all he had done and the people of the bride here for this feast and all the trouble they had gone to , and then he proposed the toast .
12 We set off , stopped at random , pottered around , changed our plans , and got the first crossing from a port we had n't arrived at .
13 The between-points wipe with the towel , surreptitiously soaked in Wincarnis ( younger readers , ask your parents ! ) also helped … luckily random drug tests have n't arrived at our club yet. !
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