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Examples of began
began
Allen began his teaching career as an elementary school science teacher in 1995.
From the tennessean.com
Google Maps began offering a search feature last year for foreclosed properties.
From the abcnews.go.com
So they began their annual get-togethers before they were old enough for school.
From the stltoday.com
The children then began to show that they know rainbow color order with markers.
From the desmoinesregister.com
She began to walk around her Houston neighborhood, then she discovered the pool.
From the thenewstribune.com
The streak began on Jan. 17, 2007, and now includes 19 wins over Big East teams.
From the thenewstribune.com
In recent months, he began posting anti-government writings on various websites.
From the usatoday.com
She began working six or seven days a week, sometimes double shifts of 16 hours.
From the thenewstribune.com
The incident began when the three rowed across the lake to the Star Lake Tavern.
From the thenewstribune.com
- Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then the president of Egypt) (1913-1992)
- Get down: take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now"
- Have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250,000"
- Set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life"
- Begin to speak or say; "Now listen, friends," he began
- Be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series; "The number `one' begins the sequence"; "A terrible murder begins the novel"; "The convocation ceremony officially begins the semester"
- Have a beginning, of a temporal event; "WW II began in 1939 when Hitler marched into Poland"; "The company's Asia tour begins next month"
- Begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object; "begin a cigar"; "She started the soup while it was still hot"; "We started physics in 10th grade"
- Achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative; "This economic measure doesn't even begin to deal with the problem of inflation"; "You cannot even begin to understand the problem we had to deal with during the war"
