"A fine beginning for the new year," Lindsay said.

"The beginnings of a whole new science," he said.

It was said that this marked the beginning of the fall of Yuan's power.

The beginning, said each delegate loudly, of building a positive local barbecue image.

And that sounds like the beginnings of a gracious loser's speech/she said.

Thus "from the beginning" says Ravenal "blight and beauty were united".

We have a time now, the beginning of February,' Arkady said.

"The beginning of the end," he said, and she grinned back.

And the problem has only intensified since the beginning of the Iraq war, say military employees who monitor insurance agents.

"Look," said Alice, feeling in herself the beginnings of an all too familiar weight and drag.