Example sentences of "had [num ord] arrive [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he had first arrived at the then strange , adult world of Carewscourt , he had been delighted to find another boy of his own age living on the estate . |
| 2 | When Minton had first arrived at the College he had seemed to Elinor a rather shy individual . |
| 3 | Behind her the two seats were empty , a troublous reminder of where Eddie and Laura had sat side by side when the coach had first set off from Heathrow Airport … had first arrived at the eastern outskirts of Oxford . |
| 4 | At Christmas another master who had first arrived in the 1930s retired . |
| 5 | Sathasivam Krishna Kumar ( " Kittu " ) , 31 , regarded as the LTTE number two and a member of its central committee , who had first arrived in the United Kingdom in October 1989 and applied unsuccessfully for political asylum there in August 1990 after the breakdown of peace talks with the Sri Lankan government , was told in early August 1991 that he had to leave the UK by Aug. 7 or face deportation , for having abused his refugee status by collecting funds and trying to procure arms . |
| 6 | When Owen had first arrived in the building Yussuf had decided , unilaterally , to be his bearer and now it was a source of great pride to him that he was the one who carried the Mamur Zapt 's messages . |