Example sentences of "[noun sg] begin [to-vb] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In his Sonnets Shakespeare achieved the rather remarkable feat of turning to new and individual ends a genre that had flourished throughout Europe for several centuries and was in effect beginning to die at the time when he wrote , in the mid 1590s .
2 A tiny weeny hint of a plan began to tinkle at the back of my brain like a triangle at the back of an orchestra .
3 Uterine contractions continue for a few days after birth ( they are often particularly evident when the child begins to suck at the nipple ) .
4 Any time that a wing begins to drop at a stall it is the beginning of a possible spin , but the spin can only develop if the wing is kept stalled and the glider is allowed to continue to yaw .
5 The little man began to kick at the tentacle in fury .
6 Very slowly an idea began to form at the back of his mind .
7 A small pulse began to hammer at the base of Lindsey 's throat as she rose to her feet to pour more coffee .
8 In the ACCs , the money supply began to accelerate at the beginning of 1970 .
9 Concern about the employment effects of new technology began to re-emerge at the end of the 1970s .
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