Formal introductions should precede conversation, though in informal situations you may be expected to introduce yourself.
You report that Ms. Levin told you on Dec. 21 that she had two conversations with me about the book during the 30-day period preceding your conversation with her.
When it finished, dozens of youngsters clambered onto the Marianne pedestal to lead chants of "Charlie, Charlie" It is custom in France in the month of January, to precede any conversation – even with strangers – with "Meilleurs Voeux" (best wishes), an almost obligatory politesse that is more formal than Happy New Year.
In my hometown of Cincinnati, if you say the word mashup it most regularly precedes a conversation about Glee or that girl combining Taylor Swift songs.
And prosecutors contended that, in light of the long preceding text message conversation, the ping of the incoming message distracted her so that she did not notice Ms. McBryde's disabled car.
Mr. Beck's official departure was preceded by conversations over a period of months with the Fox News chairman, Roger Ailes.
In Antananarivo, Madagascar, love was the overwhelming narrative for describing the motivation for gift-exchange in the context of sexual relationships and preceded most conversations detailing less socially acceptable motivations.
Participants are asked to perform all blood glucose self-monitoring with the study glucose meter and to upload its readings immediately preceding their weekly telephone conversations with the TLC system.
Our second conversation preceded dinner with Helen Morris, a fine-boned blond woman with finishing-school manners and Old New York bloodlines.
The Friday performance of "Oedipus Rex" will be preceded by a conversation between Mr. Suzuki and Mel Gussow, a cultural reporter for The New York Times.
