Sentence examples for start there was from inspiring English sources

For a start there was the emphasis on traditional "high" art – more Shakespeare, Hay Festival and so on – and established talent.

For a start there was this: "Never put oil in the water except when cooking stuffed homemade pasta" (to stop the casing from coming apart).

For a start there was his great age – he had danced with Martha Graham and was a living link to the birth of modernism.

For a start there was the inability to explain how the first estimate of the deficit – £60m – had been arrived at.

For a start there was the long run-in to the November re-election of President Obama.

From the start there was export, too.

From the start, there was a patina of altruism.

Right from the start, there was something special about Peggy.

For a start, there was the hunger and thirst.

From the start, there was tension during the recording sessions.

But from the start, there was a buzz about Gase.