The meeting in the living room was beginning to break up.

Richard sat at the head of the table and the meeting began.

We'll start off with something you can do days before the meeting begins.

The meeting certainly wouldn't begin without him, but there was only so long he could keep people from their jobs.

She spoke for the first time since the meeting began.

When the members returned, the meeting began where it had left off.

They were the first words he had spoken since the meeting began, and everybody turned to look at him.

They'd already made up their minds before the meeting began.

The meeting begins at 8pm and is open to all residents in the area.

It was the first time he had spoken since the long meeting began.