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The phrase "it started like this" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when telling a story or recounting an event, to introduce the beginning of the narrative. For example: "I was walking down the street when suddenly, I heard a loud noise. It started like this: a car screeched to a halt and a man jumped out, running towards me." Another example: "Our vacation was going perfectly until the third day. It started like this: we woke up to pouring rain and realized our flight home had been cancelled."
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It started like this: I sat on the couch, and Kai sat on the floor in front of the TV.
THE SCRIPT The ad opens with the words "September 2002" and an announcer's voice: "It started like this".
It started like this: Mr. O'Reilly treated Mr. Sharpton to dinner at Sylvia's several weeks ago, to thank him for appearing on his television show, "The O'Reilly Factor".
When it goes around the sun, it comes back to a spot a little ahead of where it started, like this: The space doctor was the one who figured out why: Weight changes distance, just like it changes time.
It started like this: 25-year-old New Yorker Beth Breslaw was chatting to a friend about her observation that men were less likely than women to make way for other people on crowded pavements.
It started like this: "We in Cornwall have until 5 December to register our heartfelt anger and opposition of the Boundary Commission's desire to breach the Tamar and impose an Anglo-Cornish constituency".
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It starts like this, but deserves to be read in full.Family connections - even very distant ones - can be a huge help in business,as a Polish railway-builder, Trakcja, has found out.
It starts like this: in a conversation, in an email, in a private Facebook message or tagged in a Facebook thread, a white friend or acquaintance lays out a scenario for me, seeking a supposedly neutral party's opinion.
It starts like this: "Early in the morning at the start of the day/I force my fingers 'round the handle of the blade/I start to cuttin' just as fast as I can/By the end of the day, I can hardly move my hands".
It starts like this: You post something intelligent on the "World Wide Web".
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