The sergeant at the desk looked up, recognized the girl, and started to say something.

Almost immediately after we walked out, a sergeant started lifting the guy off the ground.

The sergeant in the driver's seat started up the van's motor and got on the radio.

The sergeant starts to sign the man on, but Joe hesitates, asking for information about army life.

The sergeant turned away, too, and started sorting through the women.

The sergeant takes out a notebook and starts making notes.

The sergeant had his notebook out, and started with me.

The guards snapped to attention when we appeared and the sergeant started to say something, but I talked first.

The sergeant started for the stairs, followed by the other five soldiers.

The sergeant started searching an hour or so before full dark, and didn't find anything.