Example sentences of "[pers pn] began the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before I began the formal research I had been aware from the few parents of children with trisomy 21 I knew that there was more disquiet about their negotiations with professionals and the treatment of their children than had made its way into the academic and professional literature on parents and families . |
| 2 | I began the basic structure of the rose leaves in the bottom left of the picture and then built up the shape with the larger open roses , tucking the asparagus fern and gypsophila behind them , and finally put the buds into position . |
| 3 | Wrapping her arms round herself in a futile attempt to retain some body-heat , she began the long walk back to the cottage . |
| 4 | Monique was 20 when she began the intense three-year association with Matisse , in 1941 . |
| 5 | Quick-on-the-uptake pro that she was fast becoming though , Kylie put a brave face on it as she began the slow — and often painful — process of consolidating her success . |
| 6 | The house stood at the summit of a rocky mound at the end of it , like a miniature St Michael 's Mount , but to Leonora it was Mecca to a believer as she began the steep climb from the beach towards journey 's end , and Guy . |
| 7 | So we began the delicate task of preparing for a reunion of mother and daughter . |
| 8 | And we began the long process of actually sort of causing it to be reborn . |
| 9 | Maxine came to see me again the following week and we began the follow-up treatment , along the lines of those which you will find detailed in the ‘ case histories ’ sections of this book . |
| 10 | ‘ Is n't it time we began the sexy seduction scene ? |
| 11 | Abandoning their bicycles they began the long trudge to Emily 's mysterious destination . |
| 12 | Once installed , back in 1976 , they began the long and laborious process of renovating it themselves , without any professional help , which partly explains why it took them the best part of 10 years . |
| 13 | They reached the town and drove through its narrow , deserted streets , then they began the long , steady climb to the moor . |
| 14 | They began the final day on 122 for two , needing only 79 more to complete their historic triumph , but the dreams of their players , officials and supporters at Kensington Oval and the millions back home watching live TV coverage in late afternoon disappeared in the space of an hour and 40 minutes as eight wickets tumbled for 26 . |
| 15 | A handful of FTSE stocks fell sharply as they began the new account without the benefit of a dividend payment . |
| 16 | A handful of FTSE stocks fell sharply as they began the new account without the benefit of a dividend payment . |
| 17 | A handful of FTSE stocks fell sharply as they began the new account without the benefit of a dividend payment . |
| 18 | Then , keeping close to the wall , they began the swift , careful climb over the rubble . |
| 19 | Crawford and the rest of the cast began rehearsals with Gene Kelly and choreographer Michael Kidd in February 1968 , and they began the ninety-day shoot on 15 April . |
| 20 | When they reached their favourite bathing spot in the burn below the house they began the slow decent of the steep bank . |
| 21 | Once cast off from the submarine they began the steady rhythm of paddling that took them along their course with a mile and a half to the beach , their sweat-raising stroke giving 3 knots — equal to a steady walking pace . |
| 22 | Her eyes leapt from Abraham begat Isaac and Isaac begat Jacob to Verse 25 of the Gospel According to St Matthew , to which she had turned simply because it began the New Testament and she had been unable to make anything of the Old . |
| 23 | When he began the cautious descent down the almost sheer drop into the valley , Sarah clasped her hands together and leaned towards him . |
| 24 | In the spring of 1907 , when he began the preparatory sketches for the Demoiselles , Picasso was already establishing his reputation as one of the most outstanding of the younger figures in contemporary French painting . |
| 25 | Seated at the kitchen table , he began the long , tedious task of hacksawing all but eight inches off the barrels of the President 's twelve-gauge . |
| 26 | ‘ Yes , sir , ’ I said , and retreated as he began the ultimate heresy of sloshing Remy Martin 's finest on to rocks . |
| 27 | He began the two-mile journey from the hotel in a courtesy car at 9.25 a.m . |
| 28 | It took hours and it was not until the late afternoon that he began the final copy . |
| 29 | In fact , he was so happy with the idea that had come to him from the writer , Peter Shaffer , he began the serious rethink of his career which friends like Lance Percival had been thinking for some time was overdue . |
| 30 | In I975 , he began the European season with the 31ST , which was simply the best car on the track that year . |