1.   Before the questioning began, the president could be seen cleaning his ear with his finger.

2.   Before the questioning began Monday morning, the White House also went on the offensive against Starr because of a story in The New York Times on Sunday.

3.   A senior law enforcement official here said that Niaz has not been allowed to return to his Islamabad home since the questioning began.

4.   He said that the police in Matamoros had beaten him before the questioning began, an accusation he had not raised previously in court.

5.   Not until the funerals end this week will the hard questioning begin here.

6.   Q. I recently went for a job interview, and before the formal questioning began, the interviewer and I had a little ice-breaking chit-chat.

7.   So all the courtroom questioning of witnesses begins with cross-examination.

8.   Starr will have two hours to make an opening statement before any questioning begins.

9.   That questioning has only just begun.

10.   That questioning began Tuesday.