Example sentences of "begin [to-vb] second " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given such co-operation , the main constituents of a full , rewarding life are available within the community , and cash farming can begin to take second place to the production of local needs . |
| 2 | Halfway through their feeding by the two adult bluetits , a pair of blackbirds appeared on the scene … and began to provide second helpings to every meal ! |
| 3 | She was beginning to have second thoughts about bothering the Police with such a mass of suspicion based on such little tangible fact . |
| 4 | But now that John Gribbin has made it known ( Letters , 26 January ) that the term ( and presumably the concept ) ‘ centrifugal force ’ is favoured by the relativists , I am beginning to have second thoughts . |
| 5 | She knew that I 'd have to keep Dawn in my bedroom to start with , and she 'd been beginning to have second thoughts about letting me do that . |
| 6 | Unless you 're beginning to have second thoughts . ’ |
| 7 | In Downing Street , the Cabinet began to have second thoughts . |
| 8 | Benny realized with a shock that he meant it , and began to have second thoughts . |
| 9 | For the first time Shannon began to have second thoughts about the trip . |
| 10 | Praeiectus , however , although he was one of the five , began to have second thoughts , because of a vision which his mother had had , forecasting a great ecclesiastical career . |
| 11 | By the end of the project , evaluation of each new step was beginning to become second nature and exchange was deeper than pleasantries or focusing only on a specific child . |
| 12 | Perhaps even she has begun to have second thoughts about the ballooning barminess of these proceedings … |