The dinner will take less than 30 minutes to prepare.

An important caveat is that a simple dinner can take more than two hours.

The following dinner takes little time to prepare, and it all cooks at once.

The dinner took place in the large central room, and covers were laid for 200 guests.

Lunch can easily last four hours, and dinner might take even longer.

But the dinner had taken place three weeks earlier.

Instead of heat, an uncooked dinner takes time, though not much labor.

I should like to know whether this dinner took place. If so, who was there?

Indeed, dinner at Scappy's can often take an entire evening.

When Barton arrived, his dinner would not take long to prepare.