Sentence examples for arrived thinking from inspiring English sources

We arrived, thinking it was going to be somewhere terribly flashy and that she would be surrounded by her people.

All this is true, but it misses an essential point about life in Tokyo, a place where I arrived thinking, "How very -- concrete it is".

"I arrived thinking we were bringing freedom to Vietnamese people but as soon as I hit the ground I realised that wasn't happening.

We arrived thinking every time we jumped over a hurdle it was the last one and that has kept us going.

We know about it because whilst the audience arrived thinking they might learn something about the good life, they were actually subjected to a celebration of mathematics.

"I haven't arrived here thinking I'm world champion, I've arrived thinking I've got a great team I need to push as hard as I can," the 24-year-old said.

People arrive thinking they are in the European Union.

"I hope that people don't arrive thinking that the Johnson onstage is a historical character.

"I'm going to arrive thinking that I'm the loser.

Parents often arrive thinking there is something wrong with their child and expect you to make them better immediately.

If you've always been expected to do well, you're primed for it; you arrive thinking: "I belong.