Tell me something about your people, and let us begin properly at the top: have you got a king, for instance?

The evening's tone is established even before the play properly begins.

We didn't begin properly preparing for war until the last moment.

For when his day's work is done his business more properly begins.

Trial borings proved successful, however the project was abandoned before work could properly begin.

I graduated, and with my formal enlensment this record properly begins.

They ate well before the day began, to make it begin properly.

Four of the contestants were axed in the two opening shows before the competition began properly.

Not long after I was carried to the green room, where my recovery properly began.

More of his unit reached the narrow walkway, and the cutting began properly.