Example sentences of "[noun pl] had begin [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I would find that the grass had carpeted the rubble and the bushes had begun to climb the torn traffic lights . |
| 2 | From the point of view of consumers of produce grown by slave labour the advantage was going to be equally clear ; supplies of cotton from free-labour sources had begun to enter the British market and were substantially effective in reducing prices . |
| 3 | It was only then that evil men had begun to disturb the ancient arrangements which had the stamp of Gregory 's authority . |
| 4 | By the 1990s the change to the meritocrats had begun to affect the highest levels of the party . |
| 5 | The delay proved wise , since in the meantime pressure of world events had begun to draw the two sides closer together again . |