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Example sentences for: begin

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They've barely beached before the first bullets come--before these smooth-faced, overgrown kids begin to get blown through.
The papers report that even though Milosevic agreed to back out of Kosovo, NATO yesterday authorized airstrikes against him that could begin in four days if he doesn't actually do that.
The ATIRCM/CMWS program did not begin reliability growth testing until 4 years after its critical design review, leaving only 1 year to test the system prior to scheduled production.
Truly dedicated pilgrims begin the climb around midnight, reaching the top in time to greet the sunrise.
But that would be precisely the sort of two-plus-two-equals-five reasoning that made the FCC story Page 1 news to begin with.