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Commence in sentence

51 examples of Commence in a sentence

"You will not go there first?""No, I shall commence with the City.
Your salary with me, madam, would commence at 100 pounds a year.'"You may imagine, Mr. Holmes, that to me, destitute as I was, such an offer seemed almost too good to be true.
After an hour or so, Mr. Rucastle suddenly remarked that it was time to commence the duties of the day, and that I might change my dress and go to little Edward in the nursery.
"Do so, madame, do so, and that at once; for within an hour the ballet will commence."
He therefore resolved to commence the grand expedition at once, and to leave this inhospitable parsonage.
Top quickly started them, but his master soon called him back, for the time had not come to commence hunting; that would be attended to later.
To-morrow we will commence operations."
But as it could not be expected that the "Maria Stella" would come to reclaim the animal harpooned by her, they resolved to begin cutting it up before decomposition should commence.
When the repast was about to commence, the major-domo, or steward, suddenly raising his wand, said aloud,--"Forbear!--Place for the Lady Rowena."
The knights and spectators are alike impatient, the time advances, and highly fit it is that the sports should commence."
Wherefore, one of ye go to Locksley, and bid him commence a discharge of arrows on the opposite side of the castle, and move forward as if about to assault it; and you, true English hearts, stand by me, and be ready to thrust the raft endlong over the moat whenever the postern on our side is thrown open.
The performance, so noisily announced by the Honourable Mr. Batulcar, was to commence at three o'clock, and soon the deafening instruments of a Japanese orchestra resounded at the door.
Thus relieved of a grievous load, I from that hour set to work afresh, resolved to pioneer my way through every difficulty: I toiled hard, and my success was proportionate to my efforts; my memory, not naturally tenacious, improved with practice; exercise sharpened my wits; in a few weeks I was promoted to a higher class; in less than two months I was allowed to commence French and drawing.
And Mrs. Fairfax swallowed her breakfast and hastened away to commence operations.
I asked myself; "I want to commence my packing."
It is true, that while I worked, she would idle; and I thought to myself, "If you and I were destined to live always together, cousin, we would commence matters on a different footing.
It was not only the hurry of preparation that made me feverish; not only the anticipation of the great change--the new life which was to commence to-morrow: both these circumstances had their share, doubtless, in producing that restless, excited mood which hurried me forth at this late hour into the darkening grounds: but a third cause influenced my mind more than they.
"It cannot be too early to commence the task I have to fulfil," thought I.
One morning, being left alone with him a few minutes in the parlour, I ventured to approach the window-recess--which his table, chair, and desk consecrated as a kind of study--and I was going to speak, though not very well knowing in what words to frame my inquiry--for it is at all times difficult to break the ice of reserve glassing over such natures as his--when he saved me the trouble by being the first to commence a dialogue.
"And when will you commence the exercise of your function?"
commence or we will commence again!"
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