Example sentences of "[conj] began [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever their political persuasions , it was the early work of such reformers and philanthropists which created a climate of opinion that began to see the housing of the very poor as part of the social purpose of the state . |
| 2 | His memory of her became dulled and blocked , a stalemate of the imagination that began to have the taste of sloth and suicide , like the evil torpor that can ensue from spending night after night without a dream . |
| 3 | A network of ‘ base communities ’ sprang up in response , and began to live the Gospel on the humblest level . |
| 4 | She sat down at the table reserved for the traveller with the skin grafts and began to score the cloth with a fork . |
| 5 | He took a deep breath , wedged his shoe under that head and began to heave the thing over on to its front , bracing his hand against the railing . |
| 6 | Even then , as servants pushed by us with buckets of water and began to douse the flames , I knew there was something wrong . |
| 7 | Is not it time that the Government took on board that question and began to tackle the problem of loan sharks positively ? |
| 8 | She blinked her contact lenses into place and began to watch the file . |
| 9 | For a further hour she worked steadily , then looked at her watch and began to tidy the papers away . |
| 10 | Stretching , she eased her back and began to tidy the desk . |
| 11 | Five mallard shot past the tree in which he was hidden , their muttered quacks in mid-air soft as the sun that crept the way they were going and began to fill the lake with light . |
| 12 | Then , naked , she went through and began to fill the huge , sunken bath . |
| 13 | Perturbed by the keenness of his loss , afraid that it made him , in truth , a stuffed-shirt Englishman as Hannele had assumed , Edward Carrington went to the bathroom and began to fill the mighty iron tub . |
| 14 | Osman turned round and began to harangue the crowd . |
| 15 | The woman , tight-lipped , turned her back on them and began to slap the milk vigorously with a peeled wand spiked at one end where smaller branches had been lopped off . |
| 16 | I went outside to change the cylinder — the same sort as used on most small camping-stoves — and began to unscrew the burner . |
| 17 | She reached inside the hatch and began to unscrew the connection . |
| 18 | Hesitantly she picked up the soap and began to soap the expanse of his chest , while he looked down at her . |
| 19 | His hand moved to her skirt and began to push the material upwards against her thigh until he reached the smooth flesh of her stomach . |
| 20 | Glancing down at the package as though it might just possibly bite , she took a deep breath and began to unpick the sellotape that held it intact . |
| 21 | Chola sprinkled a few grains of rice from the top of the pan into the fire for the gods and began to serve the food . |
| 22 | It should have been a relief to escape from the train at Holborn but as she crossed the platform and began to mount the stairs a feeling of confusion and disorientation took hold of her . |
| 23 | Dersingham looked to neither left nor right but strode across the hall and began to mount the uncarpeted wooden staircase . |
| 24 | She ignored his appeals and began to move the cases He placed her under arrest . |
| 25 | Then she buried her face in the warm flank and began to squeeze the teats rhythmically , talking to the cow in an undertone , as Joe did . |
| 26 | The man nodded and behind him Dai gave a shrug of resignation and began to search the small house . |
| 27 | She did it twice , then pulled the instrument from her ears and began to unwrap the rubber . |
| 28 | An apprentice from a nearby stall took out a bullock horn , scooped some dirty water from a rain barrel and began to sprinkle the magician with it . |
| 29 | Eochaid lifted his hands to his neck and began to unfasten the chain of the Brecbennoch . |
| 30 | I think they just sucked up to David , and began to put the boot in really , quite unnecessarily and unfairly . |