No sooner had I stepped inside than the phone on the hall table began to ring.

The table begins with the first season of the Top League, 2003-04.

Harvard was denied the top spot for the first time since the table began eight years ago.

The tables in both editions begin with the year of publication.

The table begins in 1891, when the first real political party (the Liberals) was founded.

We sit in the back, where the tables begin.

Once the motion is felt, the table almost invariably begins to tip to one side or the other.

The hostess cleared the table and an English lesson began.

Everybody sat round the table and the meeting began.

It would not have surprised her if the table had begun to dance, or the fire to speak.