Sentence examples for had the start of from inspiring English sources

But he also had the start of a drink probem that dogged him until his mid-30s.

"My chest hurts; I don't know if I had the start of a heart attack," Abelardo said.

In "Northanger Abbey" the clergyman Henry Tilne brags to the Gothic-novel-guzzling Catherine Morland that he has read more books than she has, saying: "Consider how many years I have had the start of you.

But he claimed that he had done better than expected, defying those who had said he would be "blown out of the water" and had closed the 20-point lead she had had the start of the Pennsylvania campaign.

"But some more information that's come through just recently would say that we can't rule out the fact that she might have had the start of her illness on Friday".

So that's about eight years really from when you had the start of the pain.

"We at least have the start of a community process".

My eyes are not red, watery, or painful, but I'm worried that I may have the start of an eye disease.

As he lists it, April has the start of the baseball season, start of the basketball playoffs, Easter Sunday, the N.F.L. draft; October has the baseball playoffs, the start of the N.B.A season, foliage.

He thought, "Ok, it looks like we might have the start of something useful.

They are still 10 points adrift at the bottom despite having the start of their dreams.