Example sentences of "we arrive [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I remember we arrived during a heat wave and had to go into this refrigerator where they kept the furs .
2 However , despite constant rain , getting lost around Paris and a long delay on the autobahn due to an accident , 16 hours and 640 miles later we arrived at a motel in Germany .
3 By way of Nero and his brief successor Galba ( who happened to be 73 , which is Mr Healey 's present age ) , we arrived at a picture , on page 483 , of Mr Healey dressed as Father Christmas , which I suggested was deeply melancholy .
4 Two days later we arrived at a well in the dry water-course of the Mullu river .
5 We arrived at the station in time but where was Tumbleweed ?
6 Just before we arrived at the station , the lights came on .
7 When we arrived at the station an enormous suitcase was taken out of the car .
8 It was eight o'clock when we arrived at the station and got on the train , and by half-past nine we were in Strelsau .
9 We arrived at the lake at about 7.30a.m. after approximately a four and a half hour drive to find two lovely lakes , one , with a chalet on stilts , about seventeen acres and another smaller lake by its side about four and a half acres .
10 We were in a mild state of shock by the time we arrived at the bottom .
11 We arrived at the bottom of a rope ladder which seemed to rise to an enormous height up the ship 's side .
12 I mean I think we arrived at the bottom about six o'clock
13 By the time we arrived at the sea , those of us who did not know that stretch of coastline were completely removed from any sense of place or direction .
14 Ahead of us I could hear the noise of the waterfall — there had been plenty of rain and when we arrived at the foss , the beck that eventually joins the Ure to travel down Wensleydale was hammering over the lip of the force .
15 We arrived at the ski chalet just about dusk one Sunday evening and the scene was indeed a happy one , with scores of city folk having a gay old time , well wrapped in woollen jumpers and cardigans , and equipped with the necessary skis and poles .
16 When we arrived at the Regis , Masha rushed straight for the lifts .
17 We arrived at the border and ‘ commenced battle ’ with the Hungarian border guards who made their inevitable demand for ‘ whisky , chocolates , etc etc ’ .
18 We arrived at the border between Hungary and Romania ‘ commenced battle ’ with the Hungarian border guards who made their inevitable demand for ‘ whisky , chocolates , etc etc ’
19 At last , after a journey of nearly five thousand kilometres , we arrived at the capital .
20 When we started rehearsing , we arrived at the cello 's first entry and he came in with a dreadful slow grumbling noise .
21 Navigating along dry forest roads we arrived at the base of Mount Robert .
22 As we arrived at the departure lounge to board the flight from Brussels to Edinburgh , I dropped one of the duty free bags on my foot .
23 We arrived at the hotel half an hour before our appointment .
24 When we arrived at the hotel I found that he 'd booked us both into the same double room .
25 The journey itself was pretty tiring , taking 21 hours in total and we arrived at the hotel at 5am .
26 Fighting our way through a raging snowstorm , we arrived at the north end , by Costa Hill , and huddled in the car , astonished by the force of the blizzard .
27 On Monday we arrived at the factory with placards we had made demanding a union .
28 We arrived at the gate .
29 When we arrived at the arena , we opened the emergency doors and some even crawled out the windows .
30 Let's say we arrived at the idea mutually … ’
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