I was planning on going to the beach today, but then it started to rain.

I started learning Chinese last week.

The film started at 2 o'clock.

It is high time you started a new business.

You only started this job an hour ago.

Tom started the engine.

All the church bells started ringing together.

I've suddenly started to gain weight.

Suddenly, it started to look almost nice and warm.

I pulled myself together and started my work.

A spontaneous fire started in the hay.

Singing merrily, they started for home.

Schools were started to help young people prepare for living in the world.

School has started and I like it so far.

When she saw that they had no schools, she started one.

My stomach started growling right there in the meeting. It was embarrassing.

Guess what the managing director started off the meeting by saying. The first thing out of his mouth was an announcement of some major restructuring.

The meeting started at ten.

We started early so as not to miss the train.

We started all at once.

As soon as our manager got off our backs, everything started to go off without a hitch.

I needn't have watered the flowers. Just after I finished, it started raining.

The fire started in the bathhouse.

The fire started in the kitchen.

The train started before we got to the station.

The train had already started when I got to the station.

Has the movie started yet?

He started in spite of the rain.

We thought it would rain; nevertheless, we started on our trip.

She took in the washing when it started to rain.

We had not gone so far when it started to rain.

The room started to spin after I drank too much.

The party started for New York.

The party started soon after his arrival.

So the doctor started to examine her.

Music started playing in the restaurant so there was a real romantic mood.

Leo started to roar when he was two years old.

After getting downsized he started off on a clean slate and started a business working out of a home office.

After getting downsized he started off on a clean slate and started a business working out of a home office.

The radio warned us of the coming earthquake and we started gathering our things.

You should have started by now.

Oh, sure, I studied English in my school days. But it wasn't until two or three years ago that I really started taking it seriously.

The motor started to run.

Have you started reading the book yet?

Has Mary started yet?

Mary has not started yet.

Mary has already started.

Everybody started waving his flag.

It has been three years since Bob started his own business.

When he started the book, Hawking was unable to write by hand at all.

On hearing the whistle, they started at full speed.

Fred took a liking to Jane and started dating her.

The general use of forks for eating started in the tenth century A.D.

The ferry started to move and we were across in half an hour.

They started in spite of the heavy rain.

The bus will have started before we get there.

Yes, it has already started.

My feet started sticking in the muddy street. I nearly fell down.

The game was called off because it suddenly started raining.

Tomoko almost started to cry.

Let's get started anyway.

I wonder who started that rumor.

I had no sooner closed the door than somebody started knocking on it.

Who started Disneyland?

The Soviet troops started to withdraw from Afghanistan.

Maybe it's about time I started learning to program.

After eight months, he eventually started dating girls again.

All the coaches of the train were packed to capacity ten minutes before it started.

On hearing the noise, my brother started to cry.

The man suddenly started shooting his gun.

Production of this automobile started in 1980.

She started crying, "Ah! Ah!"

The company is owned by a group of entrepreneurs who started it right after the war.

The company was started with $100,000 in capital.

The English lesson started at 8:30.

The party had no sooner started than it began to rain.

The program should have started by now, so we'll probably miss the first half.

The construction of the building will be started next year.

It all started in Montgomery, Alabama, on December 1, 1955.

When we arrived at the stadium, the game had already started.

Get the work started straight away!

John started the car.

John turned his back on the company and started on his own.

This cuttlefish has started to lose its freshness.

To my disappointment, he had already started.

The party of pilgrims started for Shikoku.

All the money spent, we started looking for work.

Get back to where you started.

The motorcycle started in pursuit at breakneck speed.

I was just about to get started any-how.

A group started a campaign to preserve rain forests.

That painting has started to grow on me.

Since he started at eight, he ought to be there by now.

The following is what he started to think, as he made his way to room 418.

You ought to have started half an hour ago.

If they started at two, they should arrive at six.

In 1972, Dr. Francine Patterson started to teach sign language to Koko.

We started according to plan.

The police started to look into the murder case.

The police have started a nationwide hunt for the criminal.

The shooting started around noon.