Example sentences of "and started [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cuttings to take now are semi-hardwood or semi-ripe cuttings : young shoots that have grown this year and started to harden at the base . |
| 2 | Then Philippa kicked off her sandals and started to pad around the room in bare feet . |
| 3 | She vaulted over a boulder and started to jog across the plateau . |
| 4 | But as I left my car and started to go into the house it was then that I realised I was falling under the spell of this Englishwoman who had been such a delightful and charming companion that day . ’ |
| 5 | He threw her off , and started to reach towards the lamp on the bedside table . |
| 6 | He pushed himself back up on to his feet again and started to stumble across the sand to the village . |
| 7 | Amelia had left off quoting from the wit and wisdom of her favourite mass murderers , done a few lines of cocaine , and started to whizz around the room . |
| 8 | Garry 's shrug spoke volumes , as did the way he turned away from Dana and started to walk across the lawn . |
| 9 | James stepped outside and started to walk towards the hotel . |
| 10 | I tried to knock myself out with some cider I 'd bought , then I swallowed a bottle of weedkiller and started to walk towards the lake . |
| 11 | He got up and started to walk around the room . |
| 12 | They sat down and started to look through the movie tapes , Zambia interjecting the odd question here and there . |
| 13 | Seb groaned , but — with the impressive upper-class confidence in his own innate superiority which always impressed Nutty enormously — waded into the melee and started to beat off the boys who were dragging Jazz down the road by his hair . |
| 14 | She twitched her reins abruptly and started to ride towards the caravan . |
| 15 | It stopped instead , and two humans in dark blue suits got out and started to lumber across the field . |
| 16 | He turned and started to run down the road , southwards , into Dresden . |
| 17 | The spider-thing reached the end of the air line , turned , and started to run towards the shuttle . |
| 18 | While in screwing the top , I moved it over slightly to give clearance for my jigsaw blade , and started to cut off the overlap . |
| 19 | She unzipped the bag and started to dig through the tangle of clothing for her soap case . |
| 20 | She moved violently in her sleep — and started to come to the surface of that sleep , just as , outside the hotel , there was a sudden screech of tyres on tarmac as brakes were slammed on . |
| 21 | I turned and started to head for the dunes at a slow run . |
| 22 | When she 'd poured the tea she said she must go out soon — " It gets dark so early this time of year " — and started to potter about the room getting dressed . |
| 23 | Here Forgive 'N Forget made a mistake and handed the initiative to Wayward Lad , but he was very tired and started to wander to the left towards the rails . |