Example sentences of "began [to-vb] [noun] at the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In the heady days immediately following the Keynesian revolution , many of Keynes 's followers began to express concern at the consequences which might flow from a commitment to full employment .
2 When she began to use contraception at the age of 42 she probably did so without her husband 's knowledge , but this would have been difficult for most working class women , given the lack of privacy in their homes .
3 When the German officer began to shout abuse at the Poles , this goat leant out of his window and shouted abuse at the German officer .
4 Luckily perhaps for those who believe in human free will , however , this was not the complete and only picture on offer when the social sciences began to take shape at the end of the eighteenth century .
5 I then began to enter competitions at the age of seven , riding a Yamaha fifty with a five-speed gearbox .
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