As if he'd heard her, the mayor set down the phone, started the car, and drove off.
The mayor started his re-election effort with $1.4 million in the bank.
The new mayor had better start coming through soon.
The new mayor also starts on the same day.
The mayor started saying that 10,000 people might be dead and that the living wouldn't be allowed to return for months.
The mayor started the thing up and moved the hands around to the top of the hour.
The mayor and the city council started whispering amongst themselves for a minute or two.
The mayor was starting to reverse his former statement.
The mayor started tailoring his answers to the volume of passing traffic.
The mayor could start by taking a harder look at the success of London's congestion pricing program.