Example sentences of "we had begun " in BNC.

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1 We had begun on a totally false premise , ’ he said at length .
2 We all felt like failures , before we had begun
3 It was better to end as we had begun — with pleasure .
4 ‘ And now , Master Robin , ’ he said , ‘ we will finish what we had begun .
5 Before I knew where I was we had begun our organization , choosing Sisters Against Disablement as its name .
6 We had begun to worry that Ramses was a deaf mute .
7 The sedentary instincts that we had begun to feel in Aswan were swept away in the wind .
8 Both features resembled their names to a baffling degree but , despite this , Abu was moved to expound upon them with such fervent body language that we nearly plunged into the ravine and terminated our lives at the very lip of the sacred symbol of where we had begun it .
9 Once we had begun to look at particular steps in the biochemical cascade in more detail , however , I became persuaded that reasonably specific inhibitors might help cast light on relevant mechanisms .
10 Then , just as we had begun to enjoy the blissful peace and calm of spring , the wedding season reached its climax .
11 We still cherished the idea of putting together a ‘ counterblast ’ ; but I perceived in due course that we had begun to differ regarding the objective to be demolished .
12 By 1988 we had begun to adopt the double stapling technique for ileoanal anastomosis ( anal transection with a transverse linear stapler : RL30 ( Ethicon ) and the end to end circular stapler with detachable anvil : CEEA ( Autosuture ) ) , incorporating a stapling technique ( linear staple cutter PLC 75 ( Ehicon ) ) for pouch construction .
13 We had begun with Mr Handel 's Waterpieces — and to Handel we returned , with Let the bright Seraphim .
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