She started to brush the dirt and bits of leaves off her clothes.

She stood up, pulled the coat from her shoulders and started to slide it off, then let out a high-pitched scream and I let out a low-pitched, wobbling sound like a muffler blowing out.

He was thinking, big deal: skipper on his drunken fishing parties for seven years and no better off than when I started.

Drain off the soap solution of the suds cycle at such a time that the wheel has become substantially empty of soap and water at the end of the time shown in Column A of Table 2,, measured from the time the wash wheel was started.

Drain off the water at such a time that the wheel has become substantially empty of water at the end of the sum of the times shown in Columns A and C, measured from the time the wash wheel was started.

Drain off the water at such a time that the wheel has become substantially empty of water at the end of the sum of the times shown in Columns A, C, and E, measured from the time the wash wheel was started.

As a matter of fact, Fogg and his plane didn't get beyond Pennsylvania in the race -- an engine oil leak forced him down -- but the flying service and school he started subsequently were first steps in paying off his wry-faced backers.

Mr. Giorgio had started to turn left off Greenville Avenue onto Cherry Hill Road when his car was struck by the Pezza car, police said.

When the ballplayers started to carry the catcher off the field he said: `` That ought to teach the sonofabitch ''.

Phil started to take his clothes off and Frankie sat down on the bench again.

Andrew's father, William Carnegie, started off working in a cotton mill but then would earn money weaving and peddling linens.

What they and many others of that generation in the Nordic countries had in common was that they started off from a classical education and were first designing in the so-called Nordic Classicism style – a style that had been a reaction to the previous dominant style of National Romanticism – before moving, in the late 1920s, towards Modernism.

In 1959, a second women's barbershop organization started as a break off from Sweet Adelines due to ideological differences.

For the 1966 tour to Australia and New Zealand John Robins became the first Lions Coach, and the trip started off very well for the Lions, who stormed through Australia, winning five non-tests and drawing one ; and most notably defeating Australia in two tests as well.

The Orioles started off the first couple weeks of the season near the top of their division as players such as Nick Markakis and newcomer Luke Scott led the team offensively.

Second baseman Kazuo Matsui started off the inning by hitting a double.

Earnhardt started off the 1995 season by finishing second in the Daytona 500 to Sterling Marlin.

In the tumultuous 2008 season, the Cowboys started off strong, going 3 – 0 for the second straight year, en route to a 4 – 1 start.

The comic strip's popular success is attributable to its workplace setting and themes, which are familiar to a large and appreciative audience ; Adams said that switching the setting from Dilbert's home to his office was " when the strip really started to take off.

He soon started to write short stories, although his career did not take off until 1982, when, through Harlan Ellison's help, his short story " The River Styx Runs Upstream " was published and awarded first prize in a Twilight Zone Magazine story competition.

In a rugby union kick-off, or drop out, the kicker usually aims to kick the ball high but not a great distance, and so usually strikes the ball after it has started to bounce off the ground, so the contact is made close to the bottom of the ball.

As its only member, in the role of " Parcier et Maître de Chapelle " he started to compose a ( later to become known as the ), and wrote a flood of letters, articles and pamphlets showing off his self-assuredness in religious and artistic matters.

Modern humans started burying their dead, using animal hides to make clothing, hunting with more sophisticated techniques ( such as using trapping pits or driving animals off cliffs ), and engaging in cave painting.

Parimutuel wagers pay off at prices determined by support in the wagering pools, while bookmakers pay off either at the odds offered at the time of accepting the bet ; or at the median odds offered by track bookmakers at the time the race started.

On leaving school his theatrical career started immediately, with an introduction to Sir Donald Wolfit by his French master.

He was born in Antwerp, where he started his career, but he spent most of it in Middelburg ( 1587 – 1613 ), where he moved with his family because of the threat of religious persecution.

Bal Thackeray started his career as a cartoonist in the Free Press Journal in Mumbai.

She started her acting career in 1952 and, after appearing in 16 films, became world-famous due to her role in her then-husband Roger Vadim's controversial film And God Created Woman.

Karmal was born in Kamari and educated at Kabul University, after which he started his career as a bureaucrat.

His sportscasting career started while attending Syracuse University, as an announcer for the Syracuse Blazers minor-league hockey team playing in the Eastern Hockey League and North American Hockey League.

For instance, basketball legend, Michael Jordan became an active entrepreneur involved with many sports related ventures including investing a minority stake in the Charlotte Bobcats, Paul Newman started his own salad dressing business after leaving behind a distinguished acting career, or rap musician, Birdman started his own record label, clothing line, and an oil business.

It was influenced not just by name of the poem, which was widely popular in the 1910s, but also because he tended to strike out frequently in his early career so fans and writers started calling him " strikeout Casey ".

In addition to wins, Young still holds the major league records for most career innings pitched ( 7, 355 ), most career games started ( 815 ), and most complete games ( 749 ).

Young's career started in 1890 with the Cleveland Spiders.

After the season, Young received an offer to play for the minor league Canton team, which started Young's professional career.

After his extraordinary career at Warner Bros. ended in 1962, Jones started Sib Tower 12 Productions and began producing memorable cartoons for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, including a new series of Tom and Jerry shorts and the television adaptation of Dr. Seuss ' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

Day started her career as a big band singer in 1939, but only began to be noticed after her first hit recording, " Sentimental Journey ", in 1945.

After leaving the Les Brown & His Band of Renown to try a solo career, she started her long-lasting partnership with Columbia Records, which would remain her only recording label.

John Coleman started his coaching career at Essendon in 1961, thus ending the Dick Reynolds era at the club.

Dealing with racial and gay issues, it started the career of its writer Hanif Kureishi.

Ruud van Nistelrooy started his professional career at this club.

He started his political career during World War II.

He started his career playing for the youth teams of Farul Constanța in the 1970s, before being selected by the Romanian Football Federation to join the squad of Luceafărul București in 1980 for two years.

Banks ' career started to rise rapidly from this point.

The duke was amused, and this joke started Alberoni's brilliant career.

Lineker's career at Leicester started slowly and was mostly kept to odd appearances.