arrive on the dot

The room service operates around the clock, and food arrives on the dot.

As everyone knows, Black Tuesday arrived on the dot.

Matthew arrived on the dot of seven.

German efficiency helps, too - trains and trams arrive on the dot - so you can get around without hassle.

Arrived on the dot.

She arrived on the dot of eight, in a kerchief and a wool coat with damp shoulders, holding a big brown Bloomingdale's shopping bag.

Gillian Shephard, the queen of the moment, arrived on the dot of 4pm looking happy.

The train arrives on the dot, and three hours later I am in Penn Station, just in time to meet a friend uptown for dinner.

We were informed that the Prime Minister had set aside an hour for us, and she arrived on the dot, nicely accoutred and coiffeured and saying she was ready to go when we were.

Colonel Usman arrived on the dot of eight-forty-five again the next day and Eduardo spent the morning with the Minister of Supplies and Co-operatives - or lack of them, as he commented to his private secretary afterwards.

During her training she had suffered long waits to go off duty in the morning because the Ward Sister had been late, and she had vowed then that if ever she became a Ward Sister she would make a point of arriving on the dot.

In a recent test to renew a passport, an applicant phoned the agency at 212-399-5290, used touch-tone numbers to schedule an appointment for 8:30 A.M. three days later, arrived on the dot at Room 270 at 630 Fifth Avenue and miraculously emerged with the paperwork and payment completed 42 minutes later.