It had become something of a ritual, the way these dinners began.

Dinner with de Silva was beginning to sound like a better option.

Earlier, cooking dinner, she had begun to feel better about Melanie and the future.

As dinner began, the girl looked along the double line of faces and felt a thrill at her own importance.

The mayor's dinner was just beginning to break up.

A black-tie dinner will begin with a reception at 8.

Dinner and a live auction will begin at 8.

With the business of eating completed, the dinner began to gather steam.

Grace having been said by the Doctor, dinner began.

Dinner with Michael began about 5 p.m. and lasted past 9.