The crowd was too much for Grace, who left shortly after the reception had begun.

The reception begins at 6:30 and the performance at 8.

The day before, his Mother had asked him to change the wireless accumulator because the reception was beginning to fade.

I had two hours before the reception began.

When the reception began, I was to take his place.

The reception would begin at mid-morning and proceed until noon.

For the first time since the reception began, he felt he could relax.

The remaining five will have sixteen hours to put everything together before the reception begins.

The welcoming reception had hardly begun, and I knew it would be long-long indeed.

The gentlemen did not absent themselves long, and with their appearance from the dining-room the reception of the evening began.