Example sentences of "i started [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Making a gesture of explanation , I started up the hill .
2 An Indian shawl went around my shoulders and I started toward the door .
3 I started at the Grosvenor and visited about thirty-five before I stopped . ’
4 D. A. I used to be on an adjoining beat in Cressington Park and I started at the park gates at one side of the road and there was a policeman on the other side of the road — you would n't cross the road to talk to him … you were n't allowed to talk to the public — that was gossiping , idling your time , failing to work your beat — three charges straight away and soon as the sergeant reported you .
5 I started at the early age of five , and I was taught until I was ten , and all day at that .
6 I started at the Jules Thorn unit on 13 July .
7 I had none of [ the former ] assets when I started at the Bar ; but my 25 years in practice were the happiest in my life .
8 And I started at the General Hospital er in on May the first nineteen twenty nine .
9 Mark Higgins is just 10 and said : ‘ I saw boxing on the TV and loved it so I started at the gym twice a week .
10 Two years since I started on the big glass .
11 I started on the full golf tour , but it soon became a choice of golf or my family .
12 I jogged around with Ben well before I started on the important phase of my warm-up .
13 Otto and I started on the marc Otto had brought as a present .
14 Er , after I had my children my whole body sagged and I 'd lost a lot of weight and I could n't put it on and I was really skinny and there was no way I could eat , eat a lot and I still would n't put weight on so I started on the weight training and that does n't cost me money and now I 've started putting weight on , so for the skinny kids I think the thing is to do the weight training
15 And I started on the Monday morning , Dad did the sandwiches , since he was head chef in the morning for the family , and off he sent me down the road , was n't too bad it was all down hill , early in the morning it was good for you , down hill .
16 I started with the drinks .
17 Gerry : When I started with the organization in 1982 there were no Black or gay groups .
18 I started with the idea of using forged rounds taking the scale of the rounds from the scale of the columns .
19 I started with the bottom rail as this would also have to be rebated on the bottom face to accommodate doors and top fixing for side panels .
20 I started with the knowledge , from my experience of the world , that a cat is likely to be very unhappy at being stuck under a gate ; that a human , by virtue of greater intelligence and manual dexterity is likely to be able to free such a cat ; that humans generally like to alleviate the suffering of pets ; and that old women in British society have an — often misplaced — belief in the practical abilities of men .
21 and er , it was bad enough the , the last one , erm , and I started with the Corporation when they opened at Turlings in that , that was in nineteen forty eight
22 Honestly , Les , this team is the biggest load of rubbish we have had here since I 've been a supporter and I started before the war , so I know what I am talking about .
23 I started from the bottom — a poor family , elementary school , then night school while I was working as a clerk .
24 When I started in the shop I was into digging out a bit more detail about it , finding out the kind of Arthur English-style kipper ties my granddad used to wear and the cars that were around then .
25 Many years ago when I started in the profession , it was standard practice for auditors to mark clients ' records with a vouching mark or audit stamp .
26 When I started in the Preliminary Training School two and a half years ago my aunt had passed Little Ben on to me and had my name engraved beneath hers and grandfather 's on the back .
27 And did youse get any sort of erm protective clothing or anything that we got when I started in the yards ?
28 And I started in the morning at eight o'clock and I did n't stop till midnight .
29 She wears little make-up for work and says : ‘ It goes back to the time when I started in the job .
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