"It was like this when my shift started," he said.
"One more shift and I would have started to eat myself," she confessed.
He was at the tables the minute his shift started.
Her shift started at 6, and she did not want to be late.
He should be in here now, half hour ago his shift started.
Several reports last week indicated that the shift might be starting.
The shift from warm to cool climate might have already started.
The shift couldn't start until the foreman and the workers were ready to go.
My shift doesn't start for another half hour or so.
His shift had started at twelve and would continue until eight.