Example sentences of "started [v-ing] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that an individual started searching for a job while in his old job does not significantly increase the chance of obtaining an offer . |
| 2 | On the face of it , Harry seemed to have won , and people in the crowd were impatient to hear Treffry announce the result ; but the old man kept scratching his chin and shaking his head until the villagers started chanting for a decision . |
| 3 | Jeff started training for the marathon in October last year , and was running 50 miles a week when he suffered a hip injury . |
| 4 | The second day he started looking for a house to rent . |
| 5 | Sue Hill was 35 when she started looking for a job nearly two years ago . |
| 6 | We started looking for the hole in the long summer holidays . |
| 7 | Ever since I gave up my job and started waiting for the film to happen , I too have felt like a gap in between things . |
| 8 | Er well I started going for a holiday by myself when I was about er |
| 9 | BBC children 's favourites Brian Cant and Ross King swept the 25-year-old beauty off her feet as she started preparing for a pantomime . |
| 10 | He started studying for the degree with in 1986 . |
| 11 | The group started campaigning for a ban on traffic in October 1990 . |
| 12 | After all , Mozart was only five when he started composing for the piano and look what happened to him . |
| 13 | I 'd never even heard of Killerton until I started working for the Trust , but when I was at Drogo I used to come across here fairly regularly because of the regional office being here and because I was just interested . |