Example sentences of "they arrived at " in BNC.

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1 Not too shattered when they arrived at the cottage to propose a round of Trivial Pursuit .
2 When they arrived at Auckland Alexander asked them for the silver and his Presence was such that they did not dare to tell him that they had no silver , so Joan said that it was ‘ in the bank ’ .
3 They arrived at 1 pm. and were held up by Immigration Officers .
4 The feeling of dream-like ease persisted when they arrived at Catherine 's flat .
5 ‘ I was depressed , and when they arrived at my house and said , ‘ We 're very sorry to hear about your husband ’ , I believed they were genuine and let them in .
6 When they arrived at the station there was a hired Daimler waiting , with a note on the windscreen .
7 They arrived at the hospital , their faces badly cut by flying glass and debris , with their arms stretched in front of them in shock .
8 They arrived at Harborough soon after 7.00 p.m. , and after their long day in the fresh air , doubtless tucked into the ‘ sumptuous dinner ’ provided with relish .
9 In fact they had known all about Crabb 's venture before they arrived at Portsmouth and their frogmen were waiting for him as he approached the cruiser .
10 Eventually they arrived at the kinema , only to find it dark and locked .
11 Finally they arrived at Maggie 's cottage and stopped outside the front door .
12 They followed the stretcher until they arrived at a large tent which had a hastily painted sign slung across its front .
13 When they arrived at the temporary mortuary they halted outside .
14 When they arrived at the temporary mortuary they halted outside .
15 ‘ God Almighty ! ’ whispered Laura when they arrived at where the Jordan 's street had been .
16 They arrived at the State Bar in Holland Street , and hurried in .
17 ‘ Here we are , ’ she said when they arrived at her close .
18 When they arrived at her close he took her inside , along past the stairs to where it was dark and they could n't be seen by the rest of the close .
19 It is thought that many of the jury became wealthy men , through bribes by both Blount and Dudley , so that they arrived at the same conclusion — a conclusion that ‘ After a searching enquiry , they could find no presumption of evil doing . ’
20 Stirling had five jeeps with him , and as dawn broke the following day they arrived at the road .
21 When they arrived at the HQ of World Security in Freiburg the closed gates were opened for them immediately .
22 They arrived at ever decreasing intervals , always the same pale bewildered collection of strangers , always with new and astonishing stories of battle and the day-dream world .
23 We shall examine how they arrived at an indicator of relative need for non-psychiatric hospital in-patient services ( which accounts for over half of the total NHS budget ) .
24 To their dismay , they arrived at the departure platform just in time to see the express pulling out .
25 They all managed to get off safely , but we did hear that there were one or two very heavy landings when they arrived at their destinations .
26 A week after they arrived at Kinghorn , they were on the road back to Inverkeithing .
27 As they arrived at the corner , four men walked up to them , and one pointed at Dad .
28 When they arrived at Chertsey her excitement increased .
29 They arrived at the sliding door entrance to the bridge .
30 When they arrived at Ken 's bedside , Jack thought he looked the same as ever , but Mrs Lomax was both optimistic and decisive .
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