She had started to delve into her father's distant past.

她开始探究她父亲久已逝去的岁月。

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She had started to devote her energies to teaching rather than performing.

她已经开始将精力投入到教学而不是表演中。

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She was back on the hillside where she had started.

她又回到了当初她被放置的山腰。

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When her health improved, she decided to leave Buckland, the school she had started.

VOA: special.2010.06.27

She wasn't eating. She had terrible stomach pains. She started clenching her jaw and grinding her teeth at night.

VOA: special.2010.04.22

How often, in her waking hours and in her dreams, had she started in wild terror, and covered her face with her hands?

VOA: special.2009.04.18

Mr Murphy suggested she had started the fire "with deadly intent and deadly effect".

BBC: North East Wales

But Mrs Parks was well aware that the journey she had started that day was unfinished.

ECONOMIST: Rosa Parks

CSA. To test out this hunch, she had started driving a taxi at weekends.

ECONOMIST: Children and politics