Sentence examples for had begun was from inspiring English sources

The re-education that Starbucks had begun was both moving ahead and backfiring.

He tells us that what kept enthusiastic investors in the dotcom era bidding up stocks even after the crash had begun was not willful ignorance of the laws of economics but belief in the myth that cyberspace was opening up a new world.

The opprobrium heaped on Cardiff before the match had begun was largely unwarranted and, if the pitch has been slower than some might like, it suited the home side and the first three innings were scored at four runs per over or more: it has been an enthralling match and supported to the full.

General Eisenhower's announcement to the citizens of Western Europe that the invasion had begun was the first the public knew of the invasion.

It said the award by the previous Labour government of five licences for the export of sodium fluoride had been "highly questionable", while the decision of the current government to issue a further two licences for sodium and potassium fluoride after the civil war had begun was irresponsible.

"My pizza career, as quickly as it had begun, was over.

The latter possibility, that galangin can alter human tumor cell proliferation after the transformation process has begun, was investigated herein.

Hints that it may already have begun are evident.

The change process we have begun is extremely difficult.

Construction that has begun is not affected by the freeze.

"Deliberate elicitation" after formal proceedings have begun is thus not by itself determinative.