Sentence examples for had started to gather from inspiring English sources
"Crowds had started to gather.
Protesters had started to gather in Benghazi on February 15th.
A small crowd had started to gather in the narrow street.
So did Parker, who, while trying to identify Bourdin, had started to gather information and interview Nicholas's neighbors.
Crowds had started to gather outside Leicester cathedral hours before the coffin was due, many onlookers carrying white roses.
Gandolfini's movie career, which had started to gather momentum before "The Sopranos," can be divided into two epochs, simply because every time he appeared on the big or small screen after the series, he brought Tony Soprano with him.
Updated at 5.41pm BST 4.55pm BST The scores of Bradley Manning supporters who have started to gather on a street corner outside the Fort Meade military base don't look a particularly glum bunch – in fact they seem to be in high spirits under a blazing Maryland sun, Ed Pilkington writes from the court.
"Through this type of work and exploration of this data, we've started to gather really interesting insights on consumer demand patterns — what are people looking for, what are the elements that are going into this decision-making and choice," Krishnamachar said.
Twice in the past five years, the court has disbanded Thailand's governing party, so supporters of Pheu Thai had already started to gather, fearing the worst, says the BBC's Jonah Fisher in Bangkok.
When I arrived late the night before the solstice, crowds had already started to gather.
