Example sentences of "arrived [prep] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 On Aug. 16 , as a shipment of UN relief arrived for the first time in the southern port of Kismayo , a local militia which had been hired to protect it stole 600 tonnes of food and fuel .
2 Accompanied by his wife , whom he had married shortly before sailing , Johnson arrived with the first fleet and celebrated the first Anglican service under ‘ a great tree ’ at Sydney cove on 3 February 1788 .
3 The waiter arrived with the next course and they reverted to politics , talking Spanish again , Ward 's tone , his whole manner softened .
4 The waiter arrived with the third bottle of Valpolicella and Urquhart poured himself a glass with the same relish as if it were his first .
5 Right on cue a Brazilian goal arrived in the 54th minute and was largely the result of a surging run on the right and inspired cross from Jorginho , Careca rising to meet it with a firm header down past Van Breukelen .
6 Goal number two arrived in the 29th minute .
7 But the equaliser was always on offer and arrived in the 73rd minute .
8 ‘ You think I arrived in the last shower or rain ?
9 It arrived in the last post . ’
10 ‘ Her mum arrived on the fourth day of the honeymoon , ’ he said .
11 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 .
12 Not until I arrived on the 18th tee 1-down did it suddenly occur to me that I was on the point of losing .
13 As for myself , I arrived at the first weekend in a state of high evangelism that must have bored everyone I met .
14 Burton arrived at the first rehearsal word-perfect and with the part already sewn on him like a skin .
15 In calculating the time when a review is due , the starting point is : ( a ) where a person is arrested outside the police station ( i ) the time he arrives at the relevant station ; or ( ii ) the time 24 hours after the time of his arrest , whichever is the earlier ; ( b ) where a person attends the police station voluntarily and is subsequently arrested there the time of arrest ; ( c ) where a person is arrested outside England and Wales : ( i ) the time he arrives at the first station to which he is taken in the police area in which the offence for which he has been arrested is being investigated ; or ( ii ) 24 hours after the time of his entry into the country whichever is the earlier ; ( d ) where a person is arrested in another part of the country and has to be taken to the police area where the offence is being investigated for questioning — the time at which he arrived at the first police station in the police area in question .
16 Even the Committee felt low , not one of them arrived at the next schedule meeting !
17 We are now , reader , arrived at the last stage of our journey .
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