Began

Food and drink were served in such profusion at the wedding that the bride and groom began to wonder if they should not have invited more guests.

The bear began tearing at the tent.

A strong wind began to set in.

He began to work for that company last year.

Suddenly rain began to fall.

All of a sudden, large drops of rain began falling from the dark sky.

The ceremony began with his speech.

A whistle blew, and the boat slowly began to pull out of port.

Passengers became nervous when the plane began to vibrate.

When the cold winter began, the old man's health deteriorated.

He had no sooner been free from the horror and remorse attending the first few days of Louisa’s accident, no sooner begun to feel himself alive again, than he had began to feel himself, though alive, not at liberty.