And all through the meal he only used his left hand.

I knew the look on his face: he just wanted to get through the meal without a fight.

I'm not sure how we made it through the meal.

He sat there through the entire meal, just looking at her.

Jean and I play with each other all through the meal.

I had to break in, or he would have talked without stopping, right through our meal.

The boy had been unusually quiet all through the meal.

He got through the meal without having to say a great deal, but over coffee the questions flowed.

One way to make this happen is to use different cooking techniques all through the meal.

I persevered through the meal with him, talking about nothing in particular.