Example sentences of "[pron] arrive at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 As for myself , I arrived at the first weekend in a state of high evangelism that must have bored everyone I met .
2 I crossed the Thames at Tower Bridge and walked further south than I had ever been before , and when I arrived at the rival market I could n't believe my eyes .
3 I found fifteen waiting for me when I arrived at the Awash Station , all thoroughly unhappy at the prospect ahead .
4 As I arrived at the recent show of Eileen Cooper 's drawings at the Benjamin Rhodes Gallery after visiting the controversial ( read media-hype ) show , Strange Developments , at the Anthony d'Offay Gallery , I could not help but find great comfort in the sheer generosity of spirit with which these big drawings greet you .
5 When I arrived at the Big House , I was asked to stay to lunch .
6 Already , the show which arrives at the Royal Court on June 24 , has gone down very well at Universities .
7 Even the Committee felt low , not one of them arrived at the next schedule meeting !
8 The two of them arrived at the broken gate of a house even more rackety than its peeling neighbours .
9 The Doctor realises that there is no way the two teachers could have achieved all this , but it is Barbara who arrives at the real solution .
10 She walks from her flat at the wrong end of Ladbroke Grove , along the Harrow Road , under various stretches of motorway , past the Metropole Hotel where she calls in to buy herself a drink in the Cosmo-Cocktail Bar ( she is perversely fond of the Metropole Hotel ) , and then through various increasingly handsome although gloomy back streets , until she arrives at the arranged corner .
11 All the same , she could feel butterflies in her stomach when she arrived at the imposing entrance to Puddephat 's college at twelve .
12 She arrived at the same moment as Nina and they saw that Greg was already unlocking the factory ambulance and David was in consultation with one of the factory managers .
13 When she arrived at the Red House , a large Citroën was parked at the top of the short drive .
14 When the attack finally came Madrid withstood it , thanks in part to the courage of the left-wing militias and the ordinary people of the city , and in part to the stiffening effect of the first International Brigades — foreign volunteers organized by the Comintern , who arrived at the crucial moment .
15 Following some other reasonable sections you arrive at the final part , a big up-scroller containing the credits , thank and usual stuff .
16 When you arrive at the continental airport you will be required to pass through passport control , claim your baggage and obtain customs clearance .
17 The first thing I noticed as we arrived at the famous pot was a fixed caving rope leading down into the dark abyss , and I could n't resist scrambling across to peer in .
18 As some hon. Members may know , I have some interest in that subject , and I hope that I shall be able to have an Adjournment debate in which to discuss the process by which we arrived at the present stage of the project .
19 We finished just before we arrived at the main gate of the chateau .
20 We arrived at the little house in the evening and already there were a few people there .
21 The BX 4x4 Estate , yesterday a safari vehicle , became today a Grand Tourer as we made our farewell circuit through picturesque villages and bustling market towns until we arrived at the old spa resort of Buxton , said to be the highest town in England , where we had , reluctantly , to admit that it was time to head for home .
22 The BX 4×4 Estate , yesterday a safari vehicle , became today a Grand Tourer as we made our farewell circuit through picturesque villages and bustling market towns until we arrived at the old spa resort of Buxton , said to be the highest town in England , where we had reluctantly to admit that it was time to head for home .
23 We arrived at the French Riviera town of Frejus after an overnight journey on the Motorail .
24 Although moral philosophers tend to treat aesthetics as a poor relation of their own discipline , it is in aesthetics that we arrive at the central problem of evaluating the activities which we pursue without thought of serving a purpose , in particular the one traditionally regarded as not merely good in itself but in some mysterious way improving to the agent , the contemplation of beauty .
25 Thus we arrive at the second version of the logogen model , as described by Morton ( 1978 ) ; it is depicted in Figure 9 .
26 Before midday we arrive at the first village and are met by the Mukhtar , Hadji Hanna .
27 We arrive at the vexed question of ‘ issue ’ , which is something quite different from impression .
28 Let us chart the way by which we arrive at the Fundamental Principle .
29 How does one arrive at the required covariance then ?
30 When they arrived at the temporary mortuary they halted outside .
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