I've never heard anyone begin a sentence that wasn't bad news with "However."

On 26 April, she was arrested to begin her sentence.

She began a sentence, hesitated in the middle, and broke down.

There's a significant part of me that is dying to begin a sentence with, "Back in my day."

He'd begin a sentence and trail off into silence or add details that didn't fit.

And French was led away to begin his sentence.

He will now begin his sentence on 1 June.

Judge Bartels allowed him exactly three weeks before he must begin his sentence.

But you, in modern standard English you wouldn't begin a second sentence with and.

On April 1, he began a yearlong sentence in federal prison.