I was going to be a week behind, and the teacher didn't want me to start late.

But no one here seems able to say whether, in the end, that late start will really make any difference.

The meeting started about an hour late because the agency people simply couldn't agree on what to present.

As is often the case with such events, it started late.

Starting late, she found it was difficult to put together an organization.

It started late, when the first race was held at the beginning of February.

Others, including those who started late, have not been so lucky.

But because their season started late, he went and trained with the under-19s team.

He'd started late to learn the things a crew member had to know.

He tells them they are starting late because his plan to get out of school early failed.