And if I'm not home by five, start fixing dinner.

Suddenly shE jumped up from the table and went to start dinner.

Joe would be home in an hour and she hadn't even started dinner.

Do you want anything to drink before I start dinner?

I don't want to start dinner until he gets back.

Then I run into the house and start cooking dinner.

I'm going up for a quick shower first, then I'll start dinner.

Finally it was nine o'clock and time to start dinner.

It had been dark for a while, and I was about to start dinner.

We started dinner, and then he began telling me the whole story, hesitating a bit at first.