Example sentences of "[unc] [noun sg] begin [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Particularly impressive was the way in which the South East 's population began to decline in the late 1960s , following its rapid growth in the 1950s and the early 1960s . |
| 2 | Finally , when the walls of Amal 's room began to vibrate from the sounds of the bass from the stereo , she decided to go downstairs to ask her brother and his friends to turn down their music . |
| 3 | Only when the baby 's head began to emerge from the womb was a doctor sent for . |
| 4 | But the overlap in dates — Tolkien 's book began to appear in the same year as Lucky Jim — is fortuitous , not significant , and the overlap in time was not a collision of rival forces , rather the side-by-side running of parallel tracks . |
| 5 | That winter Diana 's star began to move into the royal family 's orbit . |
| 6 | Harry 's expression began to relax for the first time in Nicholas 's company . |