The official ceremony would not begin for another half hour, but we three knew that the important part was already completed.

It was all going well and then the ceremony proper began.

He hoped they would be carried out before the ceremonies began!

They were waiting for him to come and throw open the door so that the ceremony could begin.

You will remain here until one hour before the ceremony begins.

We have less than two minutes until the ceremony begins.

The ceremony began in the middle of the first morning.

Davis turned away to talk to others, then he sat in the front row as the ceremony began.

And he certainly hadn't expected to hear the whisper, just as the ceremony finally began.

Since he still had some time before the ceremony began, Michael chewed on the matter further.