The invitation to the summer gala dinner to celebrate the year's best books arrived in the post.

After that an invitation to someone's pool party arrived every weekend, it seemed.

When the invitation arrived, I wondered why this organization wanted to honor transplant patients.

The invitation had arrived only three weeks ago; clearly I was an afterthought.

But, in spite of all her manoeuvres, no invitation to the party arrived next day.

The invitation had arrived only a week ago, as if they were an afterthought.

An invitation for a screen test soon arrived, which happened that spring, leading to his acting career.

The invitation arrived just a few days after my trip to Denver in 1990.

She'd already decided not to go to the reception even before the invitation arrived.

The second invitation to a lifelong relationship had arrived, so to speak, in the mail.