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Examples

• King George III, who had begun his reign in 1760, was resolved to be much more of a king than his two German predecessors. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The power of admonition which had begun to stir in Mrs. Garth had not yet discharged itself. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• In 1815 reconstruction was begun, and completed in 1827. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Has it begun to work with thee? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The skinning was begun and had to be finished. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• It had begun on Monday, and here was Wednesday come. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• With this exception, their good-humour was completely restored; and the evening concluded with the conviviality with which it had begun. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• It was begun in 1882 and finished in 1890, and is the largest and most costly viaduct in the world. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• That satisfied her and set at rest the doubts that had begun to worry her lately. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Her life, begun not unprosperously, had come down to this--to a mean prison and a long, ignoble bondage. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• It was begun in 1876 and opened for traffic in 1883, and its cost was about $15,000,000. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• They have begun upon that already. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• It was easy for me to find out, and I did soon find out, that Drummle had begun to follow her closely, and that she allowed him to do it. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I ought to have begun with a word of explanation, but it's my way to make short cuts at things. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• But my search after her must be begun out of hand. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Why, the sport is but just begun. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• You've begun early, Gurt, observed Maurice, taking a seat. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• She too had begun to think this an opportunity for urging on Tertius what he ought to do. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• At length he said: 'Doyce, it came to this at last--that the business was to be sunk with Heaven knows how many more wrecks, or begun all over again? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• She was but thirty at the time of her death, and yet her hair had already begun to whiten, even as mine has. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I wish to God it had never been begun! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The dancing had not begun yet. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Jane would have begged for a further reprieve, had it not been that she too had begun to believe that her forest lover would return no more. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• In 1847 the subject was again taken up for serious consideration, the work begun in 1860, and finished in 1869, at a cost of ￡20,500,000, or more than a hundred million dollars. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• A pitiful and plaintive look, with which she had begun to regard him when she was still extremely young, was perhaps a part of this discovery. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• When had his influence, such influence begun? Jane Austen. Emma.
• I think he must have begun his journey with some small bundle under his arm and must have had it stolen or lost it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It is not until the speakers and the publicity agents have actually begun to animate it that the country sees what the party is about. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• But it was not essential after the enemy was dispersed from our front, or even after the battle for this purpose was begun. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• It asked me to consider if I would, in that case, finish what the writer had begun. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

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