On this present birthday, Mr. Bagnet has accomplished the usual preliminaries.

After the usual preliminaries, Banks began.

Her eyes had a way of filling and drowning without any of the usual preliminaries.

The disembodied voice said coldly: "I am pessimistic-but bring him over for the test after the usual preliminaries!"

This one was dated August 171 20, 1961, and it began without the usual preliminaries.

They insinuated themselves into three of the latter and began the usual preliminaries to ordering.

Then, after the usual pious preliminaries they rendered their decision; it was unanimous.

And so Dalgliesh found himself, after the usual polite preliminaries, invited to lunch at the Duke's Arms.

He was admitted to holy orders without the usual preliminaries, because of his published work.

After the usual preliminaries, we got down to business.