He started with the first date.
He started with the first experiment and then went on with the simplest radio experiment.
This started with the first Mondeo, launched in 1993, and reached its apotheosis five years later with the Focus.
Problems started with the first fair ball of the game, hit by Kevin Mench, the leadoff hitter.
It all started with the first question, posed by an undecided college student concerned about his job prospects after graduation.
It started with the first interview in Mobile at the Senior Bowl, and I thought he had a really good week there.
Neither do the characters on "The Outs," which started with the first of six episodes in March 2012 and had an unvarnished verisimilitude.
The week started with the first art gala to be held at the Asia Society Hong Kong headquarters, which opened last year.
He started with the first track, "Rezo," a lovely slow piece of music at that seemed to move through the harmonic atmosphere of a Duke Ellington ballad.
"It all started with the first patient – and how profoundly moving it was for me to hold her hand, to be with her and to share that experience.
For Brown, it started with the first meeting of his National Economic Council - a gathering of senior ministers, styled as a war cabinet for the credit crunch.
