Example sentences of "arrive on the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To George 's annoyance , everyone seems to be conspiring against his grandiose plans — especially the old lady who arrives on the same day as Tony Madoc . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ Her mum arrived on the fourth day of the honeymoon , ’ he said . |
| 4 | Post-war Britain is not the age when the working-class hero arrived on the literary stage but rather the moment when , with some evident reluctance , he left it . |
| 5 | He arrived on the 18th tee needing a par to get into a play-off and , with an extraordinary demonstration of the tension involved , jumped up and down half a dozen times as his tee shot headed inexorably for the bunker on the left . |
| 6 | Not until I arrived on the 18th tee 1-down did it suddenly occur to me that I was on the point of losing . |
| 7 | But that was the shock awaiting staff at Knowle infants school , Solihull , yesterday when nine new pairs of three , four and five-year-olds arrived on the same day to join one couple of twins already there . |
| 8 | A SHADOW was cast over a sombre Royal wreath-laying ceremony yesterday when the Prince of Wales ' convoy arrived on the wrong side of a monument to one of Poland 's most painful wartime memories . |
| 9 | To the outside world they had arrived on the international scene as self-made , jet-setting millionaires . |
| 10 | He had absolutely , however , set his face against accepting help from Ruby Dobby although she had arrived on the second floor that morning full of promises if not promise . |
| 11 | At great expense to ourselves , Father and I had finally arrived on the very threshold of Bukit Tengah , the Middle Mountain , and this difficult little man and his black kid were refusing to proceed . |
| 12 | Suppose your gas , telephone and life insurance bills all arrive on the same day . |
| 13 | arrive On the rattling dumbwaiter . |
| 14 | As you pick your way through the minefield of the remaining holes , you are gradually working your way uphill , until finally you arrive on the 18th tee . |
| 15 | Many patients arrive on the surgical ward as planned admissions from the waiting list . |
| 16 | She found she was short-tempered with shop assistants , angry if something she had ordered failed to arrive on the appointed date . |
| 17 | If a document other than originating process ( as to which , see below ) is sent by first class post , it is presumed to arrive on the second working day after posting ( working days being Monday to Friday and excluding Bank Holidays ) . |
| 18 | Even the Prime Minister , who once used to arrive on the last day by aeroplane in order to deliver his speech , sits every day on the platform listening to rebuke , complaint and exhortation . |
| 19 | The landlord 's argument will be that the rent should be paid on time , but the tenant could respond that it is a fairly recent innovation for rent to be paid in advance as opposed to in arrears and , furthermore , that the landlord has the benefit of three months ' rent in advance , despite the fact that it may not arrive on the actual quarter day . |
| 20 | Mares on the point of foaling should not be in a paddock where fencing does not reach the ground , as the newborn foal may arrive on the other side of the fence ! |
| 21 | If so , you 'll have probably booked your place in a hall of residence , your grant will arrive on the first day of term , you 'll be ready to enjoy Freshers ' Fair and soon settle down to studies in the library . |
| 22 | The Christmas Tree would arrive on the 6th December . |
| 23 | Arriving on the Metropolitan Line , I see dozens of Livingstone posters suddenly give way to dozens of Jacksons . |