Example sentences of "and began [to-vb] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pulling them from under some old blankets , she sat down on the bed and began to leaf through the pages : photographs fell out , battered , uncherished , not stuck-in — this was no lovingly tended relic . |
| 2 | Pushing himself with indolent grace away from the door , Rourke came into the room and began to rummage about the shelves beneath the counter . |
| 3 | Recovering , Emmie seized the thin old hearthrug and began to beat at the flames . |
| 4 | She turned and began to run down the stairs . |
| 5 | She swept past his outstretched hand and began to hurry through the arrivals hall , only stopping to look back at him over her shoulder to see if he was following her when she reached the automatic doors . |
| 6 | She took the revolver , the bullets and her coat to wrap them in , and began to walk towards the woods . |
| 7 | She pulled her long dark hair from inside her flying jacket and began to walk to the outskirts of Grantley . |
| 8 | Pat Fitzgerald appeared and began to walk down the stairs and John met him halfway down . |
| 9 | The Galks left the injured Cun and began to walk amongst the slaves searching for the travellers . |
| 10 | He pulled away and began to wander towards the stairs . |
| 11 | Honor looked down at her gloves and began to fiddle with the buttons . |
| 12 | Carefully , almost lovingly , he pulled the instrument across his knees and began to pluck at the strings with a plectrum fashioned from tortoise-shell . |