Example sentences of "[verb] start [art] " in BNC.

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1 Miss Sullivan said : ‘ The typical person coming to us is a divorced man in his 30s or 40s who has remarried , often to a woman in her 20s , and wants to start a family .
2 Wants to start a Book Group or some damp thing , lending out and discussion groups on a Wednesday morning over coffee .
3 Lesley-Anne , 38 , who jetted into Heathrow yesterday from Los Angeles with husband Don Fauntleroy , wants to start a family .
4 Pressed glass became fashionable in the 19th century , and it 's ideal for anyone who wants to start a collection as there are still some bargains to be found — look for it at junk shops and car-boot sales .
5 I mean , their loan periods are somewhere about twenty five years whereby you probably realise in this country if a young er person wants to start a firm and he 's go to the bank they 're not gon na give him much scope at all !
6 Without moving or even looking at his new escort , Jimmy said : ‘ If he wants to start a fight in here , I 'm ready to oblige . ’
7 Now he wants to start a self-help group for people trapped between two cultures .
8 I tried to start a blues band , but it just did not work .
9 They tried to start a conversation , but it was n't easy to make themselves heard above the music and chatter .
10 He tried to start a new conversation .
11 Clare tried to start a new and more cheerful topic of conversation .
12 I looked around at the other passengers and tried to start a conversation .
13 She says she hoped things would improve but they did n't so she tried to start a new life .
14 I tried to start the engine but the airman on the starter battery trailer had fled so I could not do a thing except huddle in the cockpit , waiting for the sensation of being hit .
15 One of the facts of Caribbean life that suited Stephen was the early hour at which people rose to start the day .
16 Vauxhall can be expected to start a flurry of limited-edition Astras in the lead-up to the new model 's launch in September .
17 The contract has been awarded to Shepherd Construction , which is expected to start the 22-month programme of work on the ten-year-old centre on April 13 .
18 The Healys who had come to start the hotel were reported to be having difficulty in starting a family .
19 An early lunch and a failure to return to the office afterwards was not how Derek would have wished to start the week at Fithyan & co .
20 And I had to struggle to start the engine .
21 Beginners ' German may contain 11-year-olds and 17-year-olds ( and , it is to be hoped , people who have long left school , and want to start a new language ) .
22 I have to face the fact that , now we have a mortgage and want to start a family , I 'll never enjoy the year off travelling that I could n't afford before university .
23 You mark the card when you want to start a new colour .
24 I 'm in the middle of a government grant on my house and by the time I get that together and spending money , which I should n't be doing , on junk , y'know , and I want to start a family and that , y'know , and try and be respectable , but it just does n't seem to be available under this health service , this National Health Service , although I do know people who have it prescribed .
25 ‘ We want to start a school . ’
26 Leith 's School of Food and Wine offers a wide range of courses for those who want to start a career in a restaurant or catering firm , be it on the culinary or managerial side .
27 If you want to start a program without clearing all the variables , you can use the statement where nnnn is number of the line at which you wish execution of the program to start .
28 Suppose you have 130 stitches cast on and you have knitted to where you want to start the neckline .
29 IF you want to start the game on the trickier second quest in The Legend Of Zelda on the NES , just enter Zelda on the name screen instead of your own .
30 ‘ They know the anniversary 's coming up and they want to start the whole damn Reconciliation over again . ’
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