Example sentences of "[noun sg] started on the " in BNC.

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1 " A fresh action started on the same grounds as one struck out for failure to obey an " " unless " " order may be struck out as an abuse of the process of the court " ( see Bailey v Bailey [ 1983 ] 1 WLR 1129 at 1133 ) .
2 Then the countess started on the family .
3 There are two reasons : firstly , in the summer of 1990 major work started on the church which could restore it to something like its original form ; this would make it interesting , because pilgrim churches are rare .
4 Work started on the car eight years ago , just months after the original Sierra went on sale .
5 Work started on the resurvey of the Newbiggin ( 10 ) 1:50 000 sheet as the first phase of the Tyne-Alston project to revise the geological map of the Northumberland Basin .
6 After a series of delays , more discussion groups and a conference in Manchester , work started on the actual dummy .
7 Work started on the former gunnery school in April 1991 .
8 Before work started on the Gyle project the Wimpey team identified the health and safety risk factors and then prepared a thorough safety plan detailing the company 's proposed safety management and working practices .
9 ‘ Ever since work started on the re-design of the front area we have been living in fear that we will come back on Monday morning and they will have put bricks through the windows again . ’
10 And this week work started on the Tees Barrage which will transform the river .
11 Philippa had come early because she wanted to get in in the hope of finding an earring she had lost , before the cleaner started on the room .
12 Paul Reed the National Organiser says the sport started on the rivers of wales and is now spreading throughout the country …
13 Immediately after the 1939–45 war considerable erosion started on the Sussex coast between Worthing and Littlehampton , due probably to the decay of the groyne system .
14 ‘ The lads searched that whole area yesterday- ’ the Captain indicated the vineyards and cornfields to their left-'And started on the other side this morning .
15 I pulled it out , sat on one of the armchairs , and with a feeling of unreality started on the right-hand lock .
16 His professional engineering career started on the truck side , and he sees his task mainly as miniaturisation to bring all the advantages of power and economy enjoyed by the heavy goods diesel driver down to the size where they can also be of benefit to the motorist .
17 My coming summer holiday started on the same day as my cousin 's , and I was much looking forward to it .
18 Their 368-word report claims the fire started on the first floor of the Private Chapel close to the altar .
19 The appeal started on the January 4 , 1988 , and so far we 've raised over £18,000 .
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