Food and drink were served in such profusion at the wedding that the bride and groom began to wonder if they should not have invited more guests.

The bear began tearing at the tent.

A strong wind began to set in.

He began to work for that company last year.

Suddenly rain began to fall.

All of a sudden, large drops of rain began falling from the dark sky.

The ceremony began with his speech.

A whistle blew, and the boat slowly began to pull out of port.

Passengers became nervous when the plane began to vibrate.

When the cold winter began, the old man's health deteriorated.

When she returned home from school, she began to help her mother in the kitchen.

No sooner had I gone out than it began to rain.

As soon as I went out, it began to rain.

Hearing the monster's footsteps, they began running in all directions.

The meeting began at five in the afternoon.

His meeting began at five in the afternoon.

The meeting began at nine o'clock sharp.

The council began at 9:00 and should be finished by 10:45.

We began on a new project.

We began to sail in the direction of the port.

We began to see what we can deduce from it.

Scientists began to find answers to these questions.

I had no sooner left the house than it began to rain hard.

I had hardly left home when it began raining.

As soon as I left home, it began to rain.

I had hardly left home when it began to rain heavily.

As soon as he got home, he began to play a computer game.

As soon as I got home, it began to rain.

I had not gone far before it began to rain.

The chimney began to give out smoke.

Smoking began to tell on his health.

The concert began with a piano solo.

He began to tremble during the movie.

The drivers began arguing about who was to blame for the accident.

It began raining in earnest.

It began to rain cats and dogs.

The rain began to turn into snow.

When the weather had cleared, the children began to play baseball again.

With the rain having stopped, the game began again.

Hardly had the rain stopped when the ground began to freeze.

It was yesterday evening when it began to rain.

It began to rain, so he need not have watered the lawn.

As it began to rain, I ran into my house.

When it began to rain, she told her son to take in the washing.

The rain began to fall.

It began to rain and she got wet.

What were you doing when it began to rain?

A heavy rain began to fall.

It began to rain in earnest.

It was raining hard, and what is worse, the wind began to rise.

It began to sprinkle.

I began living by myself.

Left alone, the baby began to cry.

Left alone, the little girl began to cry.

Left alone, he began to read a book.

It was getting dark, and, what made matters worse, it began to rain.

It got dark, and what was worse, it began to rain.

I had a bad cold, and to make matters worse, it began snowing.

We had scarcely returned when it began raining.

By and by, the bitter north wind began to blow.

Before long, the moon began to appear.

Montgomery was where it all began.

Everyone formed couples and began dancing.

It was not long before the game began.

It soon began to rain very hard.

Soon after, it began to rain.

Mr White soon began to feel guilty.

I began to sing when I was a youngster.

When I was on the point of leaving London, it began to snow.

Mother Teresa began her work by looking around to see what was needed.

No sooner had we entered the hall than the ceremony began.

When Hawking graduated from college in 1962, he began studying for a Ph.D. in physics.

The bell rang, and the train began to move.

Florence Nightingale is famous as the woman who began professional nursing.

The pin pierced his finger and it began to bleed.

It was very cold, and then before long, on top of that, it began to rain.

It was very cold, and what was worse, it began to rain.

The sky suddenly began to darken.

A new year began meanwhile.

Tennis began in France in the thirteenth century.

The buds began to open.

At last, they began to count down cautiously.

At length, he began to cry.

At last, it began to rain.

Just as I went to go out, it began to rain.

I was just about to go out when it began to rain hard.

It began snowing just now.

We were running out of gas, and what was worse, it began to snow heavily.

It began raining just now.

However, as living standards gradually came to rise, more and more people began to have their own bathrooms at home.

Then she began to walk again.

Then, she began to cry but with no tears.

Then he began his work at Cambridge, developing many new ideas about the nature of the universe.

It began late one Sunday afternoon, deep in the woods.

The question began to assume a new character.

The problem began to assume an international character.

The old teacher began to talk about the good old days.

It was cold that day, and moreover it began to rain.

The two boys began to blame each other.

The boy began to cry.

The millionaire began life as a poor boy.