Sentence examples for had begun getting from inspiring English sources

War refugees had begun getting compensation from the federal government, albeit paying bribes to do so.

Some residents had begun getting texts from FEMA alerting them that they were eligible for hotel room vouchers.

But by Tuesday, she had begun getting phone calls from fellow Republicans in the state who seemed put off by so much pressure from Washington.

Siti Maimunah, an environmental advocate, said people who lived nearby had begun getting sick, with about 46,000 visiting clinics with respiratory problems since the mud eruption.

Perhaps hastening this ideation process, Greg and his friends had begun getting high, which for 12-year-olds in rural Indiana often meant turning to inhalants: gasoline, paint thinner, model glue.

Before he had even reached his teen years, Miller says he had begun getting drunk.

Locally these abstract, geometric painters have begun getting major play, thanks mainly to a series of solo shows at Louis Stern Fine Arts in West Hollywood.

But in the years since, there have been occasional reports of distributors or retailers in China adulterating foreign-made powder with Chinese formula, and so many Chinese consumers have begun getting their powder directly from overseas.

In the last couple of years, however, this neglected genre has begun getting its due once again, thanks to the explosion of entertainment sites on the World Wide Web and the Internet's technical constraints.

Major utilities in the New York area confirm that they have begun getting checks from the Salvation Army in payment of outstanding bills, but they say they cannot confirm that someone did not fall through the cracks, as one utility spokeswoman said.

Phil Jackson, the coach well known for handing out books tailored to his players, might want to suggest the front page of the daily newspaper, where O'Neal and Bryant could have begun getting real with the terrible earthquake in India.