Sentence examples for finished when he started from inspiring English sources

While she has kept clear of Mr. Chabon's 2001 Pulitzer-winning "Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay," she did recently finish reading "The Mysteries of Pittsburgh," Mr. Chabon's first novel, a coming-of-age story about a bisexual man recently graduated from the University of Pittsburgh, where Mr. Chabon himself had just finished when he started writing the book in the spring of 1985.

I am longer and looser when he has finished than when he started.

I was finishing college when he started hosting Meet the Press, and I knew better than to call Mommy at the Russert hour on Sunday morning.

It makes little difference to these fans that they knew the series wasn't finished when they started reading it, and that they still own the books they spent all that time and money on.

Leaving Kiprono 50 yards behind him and Tanui 100 yards behind, Khannouchi sailed to the finish looking stronger than when he started.

Man of the match Faletau made sure of a home victory when he started and finished Wales' next try.

His last start at Indianapolis came in 1953, when he started 26th and finished 11th.

When he starts something, he finishes it.

Whereas Made in Chelsea was already finished when it started transmission, the Essex cast are able to see themselves on television as each episode is shot, edited and broadcast within a three-day period.

Captain Francesco Schettino told the coast guard the evacuation was nearly finished when it had barely started, according to the transcripts.

The oestrus period (predominantly for heifers) is longer than previously reported and was not finished when the hunting period started.