Sentence examples for at the consul from inspiring English sources

(After two days at the consul, Sousa Mendes continued at the border towns of Bayonne and Hendaye until stopped on 23 June).

When he arrived at the gate of the city, the guard refused to allow him to enter and soldiers levelled their rifles at the Consul.

The couple will arrive at Los Angeles International Airport to be greeted by Gov. Jerry Brown and his wife, Anne Gust, then head to a reception at the consul general's residence.

(Seward, considerably closer to bloody battle, must have smiled at the consul's swagger).

The dividend, for his readers, is that he plunges himself into his Afghan adventures with infectious brio: in April, he's arrested for an "incident"; in May, we find him as a guest at the consul's ball; various kinds of transport break down or fail.

Her mother is also a retired Foreign Service officer; her last post was as the consul general at the United States embassy in Moscow.

This exchange comes near the end of Lowry's novel; it is the catastrophe, the turning point, at which the Consul's fate is sealed.

Late on, we see this: "Oozing alcohol at every pore, the Consul stood at the open door of the Salon Ofelia.

Starting Thursday, the country's 50 consulates in the United States will be able to access data maintained by regional governments in Mexico and print birth certificates at the consulates, said Arturo Sanchez, consul for press and commercial affairs in Santa Ana, California.

Hugh twice compares the course of his life to Hitler's, and at one point the Consul thinks, Knock knock: who's there?

But, at the moment when the consul sees the gun firing, Lowry sees things more plainly: "At first the Consul felt a queer relief.