Example sentences of "[coord] began [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A network of ‘ base communities ’ sprang up in response , and began to live the Gospel on the humblest level . |
| 2 | Going to the chair where he was already dropping off to sleep , she gently pulled him to his feet and began peeling the clothes from his back . |
| 3 | The West Yorkshire team , based at Millgarth police station , Leeds , had selected 64 possible sites and began searching the area around Easton on Tuesday afternoon following advice from a former SAS officer . |
| 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 | The torchbearer crossed the square to the woman at the stake , and the crowd rose to its feet and began reciting the Dies Irae . |
| 7 | Even then , as servants pushed by us with buckets of water and began to douse the flames , I knew there was something wrong . |
| 8 | Is not it time that the Government took on board that question and began to tackle the problem of loan sharks positively ? |
| 9 | She blinked her contact lenses into place and began to watch the file . |
| 10 | For a further hour she worked steadily , then looked at her watch and began to tidy the papers away . |
| 11 | Stretching , she eased her back and began to tidy the desk . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Then , naked , she went through and began to fill the huge , sunken bath . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Osman turned round and began to harangue the crowd . |
| 16 | The mechanic gave a satisfied nod , and began screwing the inspection plate back into place . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I went outside to change the cylinder — the same sort as used on most small camping-stoves — and began to unscrew the burner . |
| 19 | She reached inside the hatch and began to unscrew the connection . |
| 20 | Hesitantly she picked up the soap and began to soap the expanse of his chest , while he looked down at her . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Dersingham looked to neither left nor right but strode across the hall and began to mount the uncarpeted wooden staircase . |
| 26 | She ignored his appeals and began to move the cases He placed her under arrest . |
| 27 | The companies took the point and began beautifying the environs of their stations in the manner suggested by Mitchell , designing their station gardens to be seen to best advantage by both those arriving on the train and those waiting on the station . |
| 28 | When she returned to the table and began scooping the first of the curd into a mould , they felt her eyes burning into them , all three of them . |
| 29 | Mum jumped up straight away and began rearranging the furniture which had been upset in the commotion . |
| 30 | She gave a little cackle and then bent down and began locking the french windows . |