Example sentences of "began [to-vb] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His quiet rage about the papers , and the idiots who paid good money for them , grew more intense as he began to grind away in a job as a research assistant at the Financial Times . |
| 2 | His hat tipped off and began to bowl away in the wind . |
| 3 | He began to search irritably for the key . |
| 4 | Soon , though , lava began to flow freely from the fissure , quite quietly and in much greater volumes than in the first phase . |
| 5 | It was noted in the Faroes ( where the oystercatcher is the national bird ) , in Scotland , where the birds began to penetrate inland up the river valleys , and in Shetland , where they forsook the shingle beaches and moved to fields and even up on the heather hills . |
| 6 | Professional advice was important to the MPs fighting the Representation of the People Bill and National Union committees began to meet again at every level to discuss the Bill 's consequences for the party . |
| 7 | Dumping her bags in the bedroom , she sat down at the kitchen table and began to sift lethargically through the pile of accumulated mail , from time to time eyeing the phone in the hall . |
| 8 | The three of them began to creep slowly down the hill , moving from tree to tree , but no more than a few yards at a time . |
| 9 | The Requalification team began to work closely with the co-ordinator and the authors , identifying the criteria to be achieved and monitoring and assisting with the progress documents . |
| 10 | One hacker 's wife remarked : ‘ The whole thing started when he began to work late at the office , and I began to think that there was another woman . |
| 11 | His health began to deteriorate seriously towards the end of 1826 and he died at South Bank 17 February 1827 . |
| 12 | Unemployment , which fell from 9.3 per cent in 1989 to 8.8 per cent in 1990 , also began to increase again in a country still suffering from long-term unemployment and labour immobility . |
| 13 | By the 1940s and 1950s the Red Poll was one of Britain 's major breeds but , in the rush to set up new herds , breeding standards began to slip badly on the farm , while at the same time the invading Friesian , fed on concentrates , considerably outyielded the breed and by the early 1960s its popularity had tumbled . |
| 14 | To keep their jobs , employees and managers began to pull together as a team . |
| 15 | Claims that English in education could offer some more or less democratic alternative to popular culture began to appear immediately after the war . |
| 16 | Having subdued the home team 's initial pressure Newcastle began to come more into the game and took the lead after 16 minutes with an excellent goal from their leading scorer Peacock . |
| 17 | Once Gloucester was established in the south of County Durham , his influence began to reach further into the bishopric . |
| 18 | Once Gloucester was established in the south of County Durham , his influence began to reach further into the bishopric . |
| 19 | Then it moved closer and began to scratch frantically at the foot of the bin . |
| 20 | Last spring Nelson Mandela was released and the USSR began to split apart at the seams . |
| 21 | Now she stood up and began to march restlessly round the room , swinging her long gun by its handle . |
| 22 | Everyone began to listen carefully to the news bulletins on the wireless and to buy newspapers as soon as they were printed , yet people found it hard to believe that war could really happen . |
| 23 | The other began to talk rapidly into the hand mike of the car radio . |
| 24 | He began to walk away from the burial ground , his heart surging with excitement . |
| 25 | He left the hospital and began to walk slowly along the boulevard leading back to the centre of Perugia . |
| 26 | He straightened up and put his hand under her arm , sending an illogical tremor running through her as they began to walk slowly towards the bow of the ship . |
| 27 | Karl nodded and began to walk slowly up the steps , Erika by his side , moving at a funereal pace . |
| 28 | When she heard the front door shut behind him and Penman 's footsteps retreating , she rose from her chair and began to walk slowly about the room , touching the sofas and lamps and tables . |
| 29 | Silently , Kirov moved away from the table and began to walk slowly down the street . |
| 30 | But her partner , a young constable with a fresh complexion , spotted a potential flashpoint and began to walk briskly towards the group . |