1.   We got there late and missed the beginning of the movie.

2.   We were late, so we missed the beginning of the movie.

3.   Lost in her own thoughts, she had missed the beginning of the conversation.

4.   Gone is Luis Hernandez, who always missed the beginning of the season because of his Mexican club-team commitments.

5.   If you miss one match, you might miss the beginning of a new feud or the reconciliation of rivals.

6.   Not bad, although it meant I would miss the beginning of a reception for attendees of a national missile defense conference.

7.   Rep. Robert Livingston, R-La., even apologized for missing the beginning.

8.   The surgery was in September, and Gatling, assuming the season would start on time, was afraid of missing the beginning of the year.

9.   Geiger missed the beginning of the season after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his left knee during training camp and sat out the first nine games of the season.

10.   Guyanese left-hander Shivnarine Chanderpaul, himself forced to miss the beginning of the Australia series with a shoulder problem, was not considered for the four-day match.