Sentence examples of "se mit" in French

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Il se mit soudain à pleuvoir. It suddenly started raining.
Tom se déshabilla et mit son pyjama. Tom took off his clothes and put on his pajamas.
Soudain, ma mère se mit à chanter. Suddenly, my mother started singing.
Il se mit à laver sa voiture. He started washing his car.
Lorsqu'il me vit, il se mit à courir. When he saw me, he started running.
Il se mit à prendre des cours de salsa. He started taking salsa lessons.
Lorsqu'elle me vit nu, elle se mit à rire. When she saw me naked, she started laughing.
J'avais à peine commencé qu'il se mit à pleuvoir. Hardly had I started when it began to rain.
Il se mit à pleurer dès qu'il entendit les nouvelles. He started crying the moment he heard the news.
Nous avions à peine commencé lorsqu'il se mit à pleuvoir. We had hardly started when it began to rain.
Elle se mit à l'embrasser aussitôt qu'il arriva chez lui. She started kissing him as soon as he got home.
Elle se mit à l'embrasser aussitôt qu'il arriva chez eux. She started kissing him as soon as he got home.
À peine ai-je quitté la maison qu’il se mit à pleuvoir. No sooner had I left the house than it started to rain.
Nous ne nous étions pas encore beaucoup éloignés qu'il se mit à pleuvoir. We had not gone very far when it started to rain.
Jiro qui n'avait jusque-là jamais pleuré en public se mit à fondre en larmes. Jiro, who had never cried in front of anyone before, started bawling.
Juste au moment où j'étais sur le point de sortir, il se mit à pleuvoir. Just as I was about to go out, it started raining.
Il s'est mis à chanter. He started singing.
Ils se mirent immédiatement à travailler. They set to work at once.
Il s'est mis à pleuvoir. It started to rain.
Sitôt leur réunion terminée, ils se mirent au travail. As soon as their meeting was over, they set to work.
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