prelude

Of course, this was only a prelude to something else.

Of course, such behavior is also a prelude to death.

But now he had come and, without prelude, given her a name.

It would be a prelude for the years to come.

The move is seen as a prelude to more Government changes in the next few weeks.

Or whatever went on between you and my father over the years was just the prelude.

It was then brought back as a prelude to the second half of the season, which began the following day.

The report is an important prelude to the design process.

She knew that it was just a prelude to what he really wanted.

I got up and opened the front door in prelude to running out.

But for Michael it was the prelude to the most important question he might ever have asked in his life.

So this might be just the prelude to an attack.

That effort turned out to be only a prelude for his performance in Game 5.

Nor is it clear if they are prelude or final act.

And such activity is but a prelude of things to come.

This year, too, there is more power, something the Prelude has always needed.

Just a prelude to asking you to put on your best face for a moment.

Perhaps your first bar is simply a prelude to many more?

They'll see it as a prelude to a major conflict, perhaps war.

He'd heard those words before, many times, and each time as a prelude to serious trouble.

This is just a nice prelude to what's about to happen.

But the prelude may have once been given a title.

Their show began on September 12, 2006 as a prelude to the move.

If not, what happened Tuesday may only be a prelude of things to come.

It turns out that was just a prelude to what he would do the following year.