The mothers of the village began to plead with the soldiers.
After the initial trials, other defendants began to plead guilty for reduced sentences or probation.
Only recently have unmarried adult women begun to plead before judges to be freed from the legal guardianship of their own fathers.
Starting in February, police officers, often one at a time, began to plead guilty to lesser charges like conspiring to obstruct justice in the Danziger case; five former officers and a civilian have done so to date.
As cross-country skiers have discovered the park, which runs from Battery Park City to 59th Street, they have begun to plead with the Hudson River Park Trust, which is renovating the waterfront, to leave snow on the ground for a little while.
A piano loops gently as Mars begins to plead and critique at the same time: "Shoulda known you was trouble from the first kiss / had your eyes wide open / why were they open?" The music stops just for those last four words, and you can imagine Mars looking right at the camera to make his internal monologue explicit.
The girl was a lost cause, he could tell that just by the confident way she had gripped the ice-cream wheel, but Noah, turning his pockets inside out to show how empty they were, began to plead his case before the boy.
Last week, researchers began to plead their case, asking lawmakers to reject an Obama Administration plan to eliminate the $4 million National Undersea Research Program (NURP), which is run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
I began to plead with the Rwandan commander on his behalf, but as I did, a woman came up to us with three very tired-looking children.
I looked into his eyes, and began to plead with him, imploring him to poop on the potty so this could all be over.
