Then real rates, which seem benign in this strong economy, could suddenly begin to bite.

I thought of her sometimes, when force reduction began to bite.

But when he began to bite himself, I gave in.

Now it appears that their protests are beginning to bite.

She began to bite her thumb, at first slowly, then faster.

That law only began to bite for those retiring after 2002.

He was getting chillier by the second, his words beginning to bite.

No one knows for sure what economic and financial conditions will be like when a rate increase finally begins to bite.

He added: 'Our education reforms are only just beginning to bite.

We were in virgin territory and already the Sun was beginning to bite.