It's not yet what you'd call finished but we're starting to get pretty good results.

His standing up was the signal for everybody to start leaving the room.

Lack of sleep began to tell on me.

It was raining hard, and what is worse, the wind began to rise.

The pin pierced his finger and it began to bleed.

The approaching typhoon has started affecting transportation, so is today's meeting still likely to proceed as scheduled?

The moment I entered the swimming pool, my nose started bleeding.