Example sentences of "started [verb] at the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naturally both sides got down and our men started swearing at the Germans , when all at once a brave German got on to his parapet and shouted ‘ We are very sorry about that ; we hope no one was hurt . |
| 2 | Standard started looking at the possibilities of EAP back in 1990 when the financial industry was going through a period of great change . |
| 3 | Furthermore , the graph on page 44 shows that homelessness has become an ever-increasing feature of the Tory years , Homelessness began to hit home in a big way when the property-owning democracy started suffering at the hands of the repo-man . |
| 4 | On one flight from England , carrying some of our personal possessions , bells started ringing at the Customs Desk — and my carving knife was temporarily confiscated in case I attempted to hijack the plane ! |
| 5 | ‘ They reckoned without a DK with a death wish , ’ he roared , and started jabbing at the controls . |