Another last-minute arrival was the limited edition of the reproduction blue transfer plates with the picture of the Capitol on them.

Everett Gaylor himself had provided the landing spot that The Shadow needed for Valencia's last-minute arrival.

Her reservations on the overbooked flight evanesced from the computer before her last-minute arrival.

Come 10:30, the bar was hopping, the gallery traffic hadn't lightened and last-minute arrivals were prowling the parking garage for spaces.

Not in years has a theater season closed with the last-minute arrival of such a variety of first-rate productions.

The number of place-settings depends on the weather, on long-distance travel plans and last-minute arrivals.

A last-minute arrival, an important man, insisted on being moved to a stateroom closer the gravitational center of the ship.

Your last-minute arrival at Friedrichshafen enabled you to join us on this memorable voyage.

LEAD: he last-minute arrivals surged into their seats just as the New York Philharmonic began to play.

"The worst thing to do," said one recent bride, who bemoaned last-minute arrivals.