Example sentences of "arrived too late " in BNC.
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| 1 | We went to the capital , Castries , for the afternoon 's festivities but arrived too late to see the round-the-town mile ( that 's about as far as it is ) . |
| 2 | The following puddings arrived too late for our tasting : |
| 3 | Police were called but arrived too late to stop him mugging 60-year-old Rose McDevitt , who was knocked to the floor and robbed of her handbag as she waited for the lift . |
| 4 | So three of the punters , from Fawdon , Newcastle , hitched a lift to the Ripon race to put on £400 in bets — but they got stuck in a jam and arrived too late . |
| 5 | Anselm arrived too late to make similar terms for the Church before the king 's coronation ; but Henry 's position was still extremely insecure , and it was only Anselm 's support which tipped the balance in his favour . |
| 6 | But they arrived too late . |
| 7 | They arrived too late to save Praag but did destroy part of the Chaos army 's rearguard . |
| 8 | The photographs for the Prix de Diane Hermès arrived too late for my last diary , so I held this piece to go with them . |
| 9 | She arrived too late for the actual ceremony , so another took place two days later , on Palm Sunday , when she placed a gold circlet on the head of King Robert I. |
| 10 | I was going to tell her I had taken her keys and let myself back into the house , " he added , " but I arrived too late . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , the posters they sent to us arrived too late for the exhibition but they will be used at future venues . |
| 12 | We arrived too late . |