Sentence examples of "commençait" in French

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Juste comme je sortais ça commençait à pleuvoir. Just as I went to go out, it began to rain.
Comme il commençait à pleuvoir, je courus à la maison. As it began to rain, I ran into my house.
Alors qu’il commençait à pleuvoir, je venais de quitter la maison. As it began to rain, I had just left the house.
L'eau commençait à peine à bouillir lorsqu'elle ajouta les ingrédients. The water hardly began to boil when she added the ingredients.
Il commençait à faire sombre et, pour empirer les choses, il s'est mis à pleuvoir. It was getting dark, and, what made matters worse, it began to rain.
Alice commençait à être très fatiguée d'être assise à côté de sa sœur sur la berge et de n'avoir rien à faire : une ou deux fois, elle avait jeté un coup d'œil dans le livre que sa sœur était en train de lire, mais il ne contenait aucune image ni conversation, « et à quoi sert un livre », pensait Alice, « sans images ni conversations ? » Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, 'and what is the use of a book,' thought Alice 'without pictures or conversation?'
L'école commence à 8h10. School begins at 8:10 a.m.
À quelle heure ça commence ? What time does it start?
L'école commence en avril. School begins in April.
Commence un nouveau paragraphe ici. Start a new paragraph here.
Je commence à la détester. I'm beginning to hate her.
Il commence à faire froid. It's starting to cool off.
L'école commence au printemps. School begins in spring.
Je commence dès ce soir. I am starting this evening.
Alors, où devons-nous commencer ? So, where shall we begin?
Commence par faire les comptes. Start by doing the books.
Les travaux vont commencer demain. Work is due to begin tomorrow.
L'école commence lundi prochain. School starts next Monday.
Nous pouvons commencer ce soir. We can begin tonight.
Le virus commence à muter. The virus is starting to mutate.
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