Example sentences of "arrived at the [noun] and " in BNC.

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1 Primaflora was absent when he arrived at the villa and when she returned , an hour later , she was wearing a girdle and a left sleeve he had never seen before , and a jewelled coif with a curled feather in it .
2 After the Zombie 's travels through Victorian London ( where , incidentally , he committed the crimes attributed to Jack the Ripper ) he arrived at the Grange and enlisted the help of Tick , a deformed coachman of evil character ( played by Charles Paris ) .
3 To their combined relief , it was not long before the two men arrived at the driveway and stepped cautiously out onto its surface .
4 The discovery was made at 11.30am after staff arrived at the pub and found they could not get in .
5 We arrived at the border and ‘ commenced battle ’ with the Hungarian border guards who made their inevitable demand for ‘ whisky , chocolates , etc etc ’ .
6 Then on the 16th May , 1775 a Corporation committee and a team of labourers , having served notice on Mr. Guinness , arrived at the brewery and set out to cut off and fill in the water course from which the brewery drew its supplies .
7 More folk arrived at the hide and we relinquished our places .
8 A few weeks later , Beatrix arrived at the camp and took us away . ’
9 A police car finally arrived at the scene and officers spoke to the motorist .
10 Eventually , just before 2 p.m. , a small delegation arrived at the Elephant and Castle seeking clarification of what would be on offer .
11 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 .
12 Anyway , arrived at the station and there was this great coach standing there waiting to take them all to .
13 We arrived at the house and my Dad introduced me to a woman .
14 He said the men began to ‘ panic and swear ’ when police arrived at the house and Maher appeared at the window , saying : ‘ This is something which has gone terribly wrong . ’
15 And within hours Darlington council workmen arrived at the house and fixed all the various problems .
16 The official report of the Maadi Hospital states that when Sadat arrived at the hospital and was examined he was in a state of complete coma .
17 I arrived at the hospital and was shown to the labour room .
18 A sixty-foot tree , a gift from the people of Stockholm in recognition of the hospitality shown to Swedish seamen during the war , arrived at the Docks and was ceremoniously welcomed by the Lord Mayor .
19 Tony and his mother arrived at the farmhouse and walked through the farmyard .
20 Seb arrived at the farmhouse and feared the worst when he saw the meeting was taking place in the ‘ best ’ sitting room and not in the kitchen .
21 When I first arrived at the flat and knocked on the door there was no answer .
22 Today , when Florrie arrived at the corner-shop and rapped on the closed front door , Aunt Emily lifted the roller-blind and peered shortsightedly at her through the glass .
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