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

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1 For example , his eyes were necessary for the finding of food and the locating of enemies , to name but two of many purely necessary functions , but there must have been a time when he first began to enjoy the visual beauty all around him .
2 And after she had succeeded in doing it once , Sylvia began to reverse the whole process so that those signs of panic would never appear again .
3 Upon the death of his father , Sigmar became chieftain and began to draw the human tribes together under his leadership .
4 He touched the horse 's flanks , splashed through the ford and began to climb the gradual slope beyond .
5 The infant welfare movement , like the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children , whose inspectors also began to enter the working class home during the 1890s , too often interpreted lack of cleanliness as neglect .
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