Sentence examples for had started queuing from inspiring English sources

Sarmila Panthi, 24, had started queuing for buses at 2am to go to her home in Dang district in western Nepal but was unable to get a place.

In some places voters had started queuing the night before, to be ready to cast ballots from 7am, but long lines that extended outside many voting stations in the morning had largely fizzled by the afternoon.Another worry, that "ghost" voters would inflate support for Mr Mugabe and his ruling party, seemed more justified.

At a rice mill in Udon Thani, farmers had started queuing from the early hours of the morning to sell their harvest.

"Nigeria has shown that it is corrupt," he said, "and next Saturday we are not going to come out". Abubakar Shettima, in Plateau state in the country's Middle Belt, had started queuing on Thursday, telling the BBC that he wanted to be the first person to vote.

I gather people have started queuing outside Wyndham's theatre at 4am to get tickets for Jude Law's Hamlet.

More than 100 people have started queuing to see the new Star Wars movie, twelve whole days before it hits cinemas.

Star Wars fans have started queueing outside Hollywood landmark Grauman's Chinese Theater in anticipation of the May 16 premiere of Episode II - Attack of the Clones.

Thousands of customers eager to get their hands on Sony's PlayStation 2 game machine have already started queuing up outside Best Buy, Wal-Mart and Babbage's stores around the United States, according to retailers.

The morning had started with regulars queuing for coffee on their way to work.

Queues had started to form outside the Apple store in Regent Street, London, the day before the launch, as technology fans looked to be one of the first to get their hands on the new phone, which starts at £539.

Even before polling had started, there were long queues of voters.