Example sentences of "began [verb] at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first batch of five coolies were flung face downward in the red dirt , and under the direction of the burly figure of Phat , half a dozen of his subordinates began lashing at the exposed soles of their bare feet . |
| 2 | Frantically he began tearing at the small buttons that ran from her waist to the collar of her dark blouse . |
| 3 | He began to aim at the other man , who was reloading his Luger , but was stopped by the Doctor 's hand on his shoulder . |
| 4 | Where or with whom James received his training is not known , but by 1783 he was established in London ; and in that year he announced himself by publishing a pamphlet on A Method of Constructing Vapour Baths , and began to exhibit at the Royal Academy . |
| 5 | His fingers began to scrabble at the coarse edge of the steel plate . |
| 6 | The porter fell to his knees and began to scrabble at the soft soil next to the wooden scaffold pole . |
| 7 | Idly she began to stab at the wet ground with it , but it struck something hard straight away . |
| 8 | Clumsily he began to tug at the heavy gold signet ring on one of his fingers . |
| 9 | It began to ring at the other end . |
| 10 | News of the victory spread as the clans began to muster at the appointed time at Glenfinnan , which , with the mountains rising all around the tranquil waters of the loch , provided an intensely dramatic setting for the formal beginning of the campaign . |
| 11 | My brain began to overheat at the sheer scale of the disaster that had just overtaken me . |