The midday meal was often followed by a short nap, after which the mayor would finally arrive at his downtown office.

Things changed when the mayor and a score of dignitaries arrived.

Amid a jumble of overlapping conversations, different people could be heard asking several times whether the mayor had arrived yet.

The mayor arrives to say that the town is no longer cut off by snow and the dragoons have been called for.

And still the mayor, the guest of honor, had not arrived.

The mayor usually arrives, drunk, of course, but then, everyone knew about his little weakness when he was elected, so who are we to complain?

I have to rejoin the chief and I see the mayor has arrived.

He said the mayor soon arrived, driving his city-issued car.

The mayor arrives at the hospital where he learns his mother is dead.

In another room, the mayor and the police chief have arrived to talk to him.