Example sentences of "began [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , in 1806 , staying at the house of his friend Sir George Beaumont , Wordsworth began to go to church again , even though he was not a regular attender . |
| 2 | Despite the pain she began to go to sleep . |
| 3 | We then began to go to sleep a bit and wednesday came back to make it 3 all . |
| 4 | In the 1960s , says Menotti , Rome Opera began to slide down hill . |
| 5 | Lowe liked crunching numbers anyway , but as his figures skittered across the rubbery keys of the calculator , he began to gasp with amazement . |
| 6 | Supporting her with his right arm , his left hand strayed from her breasts to her thigh , and from there slowly completed the journey to the mouth of the Cave of Sweet Mysteries , lingering long enough to find the little temple of Min and arouse him as she began to gasp for breath , her tongue making passionate sallies into his ear . |
| 7 | The pain was intense , breathtaking ; her nose felt blocked and swollen and her eye closed involuntarily and began to stream with water . |
| 8 | When she arrived in England in 1568 she claimed to be seeking the protection of her cousin Elizabeth , but at the same time began scheming for support in her claims to both thrones , having earlier told a priest that she ‘ trusted to find many friends when time did serve , especially among those of the old religion ’ . |
| 9 | The limits Doctor Who would go in presenting ‘ real life drama ’ Verity Lambert worked out with David Whitaker once the two began collaborating on story content . |
| 10 | This involved the creation of an Intendant-General of Finance and a number of Secretaries of State : the cumbersome system of councils on which the Spanish Habsburgs had relied so heavily in the previous century began to fall into disuse , the Council of Castile alone remaining important . |
| 11 | The prospective idea of the dolls ' house began to fall into place . |
| 12 | Newcomers — especially such crucial ones as the Chairman — were being inspected carefully as the jigsaw of the company began to fall into place . |
| 13 | There are some indications that it was about this time that she began to fall in love with Richard Baxter . |
| 14 | Roadways were widened to double their … size , sidewalks narrowed … pedestrians began to cower in fear against the walls of buildings . ’ |
| 15 | It was not until the 1960s that pressure began to mount on government to lift that ban and expand pre-schooling ( Blackstone , 1971 ) . |
| 16 | At the starter 's box , beside the 1st tee , ‘ casual ’ golfers began to gather in hope of a game . |
| 17 | As he stood there one of the Circle longhouses where Bragad 's ‘ Wares had been billeted began to blossom with flame . |
| 18 | The Hammers defence started to wobble and the Manor began to bubble with excitement . |
| 19 | All my possessions began to smell of smoke ; even my better clothes which I kept in a closed cupboard under the bunk . |
| 20 | After settling in Madeira they began trading in flour , sugar and leather . |
| 21 | They turned into an alleyway off Friday Street and Cranston began to bellow at passersby for the whereabouts of Parchmeiner 's shop . |
| 22 | The engine stopped its fretful clacking and began to bellow with satisfaction as the air became stronger . |
| 23 | His heart began to thump with apprehension as he brought the bike to a halt outside the drive gates to the big house . |
| 24 | Whatever the reasons , a large number of people soon began to work on string theory and a new version was developed , the so-called heterotic string , which seemed as if it might be able to explain the types of particles that we observe . |
| 25 | I began to work in steel mills when I was seventeen to support my education . |
| 26 | Leonora dreamed of the fierce rapture they 'd shared on the island and began to long for Penry to want her violently , to stop treating her like a younger sister , and sometimes after he 'd gone she 'd stare in the mirror in discontent , wishing she were tall , or voluptuous , or blonde . |
| 27 | Unfortunately Nut began to suffer from vertigo so Re provided pillars to hold her up and instructed Shu , the air , to stand between her and the earth . |
| 28 | A few weeks after the opening of the play , he once more began to suffer from bronchitis . |
| 29 | Shortly after , human spokespeople began appearing on Earth , on screen and in person , describing the bounty the Frasque had brought to the system , with special mention of their advanced cryonics facilities . |
| 30 | For this , in turn , gnawed away at her mind , then she began to deteriorate in body too . |