Your friends can join up with you before the speech begins.

Then the speeches began, and the reservists found out why.

In fact, some troops headed off with their families and friends before the speeches began.

"But some people come up after my speech to say it's about time someone in the party began saying these things."

At long last, his speech had begun to weigh upon him.

"Then you've been here all the time since the speeches began?"

This speech is very famous and begins with the words 'I have a little idea.

With that in mind, I encourage you to carry on from where your last speeches began.

President Clinton's speech began almost 30 minutes late on Monday.

My speech began to sound a good deal like his in vocabulary, word order and style.