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The phrase "we were starting" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It is the past continuous tense of the verb "to start," indicating an action that was in progress at a specific point in the past. You can use this phrase anytime you want to describe an action that was occurring in the past and was interrupted by another event or action. Example: We were starting to eat dinner when the phone rang and interrupted us.
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We were starting a school there.
We were starting a new franchise.
We were starting from scratch essentially".
We were starting to feel superfluous.
This wasn't true when we were starting out.
We were starting from such a low base.
"It felt like we were starting from scratch," Ingels recalled.
"We were starting to feel better about things," he said.
"We were starting into another long summer," Joy Pipkin said.
"We were starting back his countdown to Cheltenham.
We wanted to keep playing, and we thought we were starting to play our best hockey".
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