The initial derailment had been merely the overture; now the symphony of destruction truly began.

When he was in Germany, he scarcely knew where the soup ended and the symphony began.

And it was with these first musical chairs that the symphony began.

Until the symphony began, commercials and interviews during the rest of the ceremony did not bother me in the least.

Last year, the symphony began a series called Singles Concerts and Parties.

In 1949, the symphony began to play concerts again.

The symphony begins with a movement approximating the traditional sonata-allegro form (Jones 2000, 425).

The musicians began by tuning their instruments, and then, after a short pause, the symphony began.

The symphony begins immediately with a heroic theme in E-flat major, scored for full orchestra.

The symphony has begun a drive to eliminate the deficit and increase its endowment.