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Collocations for arrive - verb

ADVERB

early, late
shortly, soon
We should be arriving shortly.
eventually, finally
We finally arrived at our destination late that evening.
on time, promptly, punctually
safe and sound, safely
unannounced, unexpectedly
My uncle arrived unannounced yesterday evening.

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VERB + arrive

be due to
We are due to arrive in Sydney at ten o'clock.
fail to
The package failed to arrive.

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PREPOSITION

at
We arrived at the hotel late.
in
I should arrive in Boston tomorrow morning.

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PHRASES

the first to arrive, the last to arrive

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Arrive is used with these nouns as the subject:
ambulance, baby, bill, boat, bus, cab, convoy, elevator, email, expedition, ferry, flight, food, frost, guest, help, immigrant, inspector, letter, lift, message, moment, morning, news, package, parcel, passenger, police, postcard, refugee, reinforcement, settler, ship, telegram, thaw, train, troops

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