Her meal had arrived, but the procedure there was different.

We sat down at a small table, and moments later our meals arrived under tin covers.

Our meals had just arrived when I got back to the table.

By the time they had both taken a turn in the tiny bathroom, their meal arrived.

They went on steadily, and only broke off when my next meal arrived.

But only 40,000 meals and five trucks of water had arrived.

Our meal arrived 15 minutes late (the kitchen called with apologies) but was worth the wait.

He stopped long enough to catch an hour of world and local news, and by then his meal had arrived.

The few minutes that passed before the meal arrived seemed like hours.

I decided it might be wisest to get the subject of conversation off me until my meal arrived.