1.   The rising tide had begun to fill up the channel.

2.   The emergency services were working against the clock as the tide began to rise.

3.   The Poles won two early victories before the tide began slowly to turn against them.

4.   The tide of reform began to ebb.

5.   As if by magic, the tide began turning about the time Chan took on the assignment.

6.   Both sides agreed Monday that the tide in negotiations began turning last Thursday, with the shutdown entering its third day and both camps increasingly edgy.

7.   After IBM redesigned its big iron to compete with workstations, the corporate tides began to shift.

8.   All of a sudden, Lawrence got the hang of it and the tide began to turn.

9.   But as the fourth quarter opened, the tide had begun to turn.

10.   But by the end of the year, the tide began to turn.