Example sentences of "began [verb] a [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Development work continued and in about 1980 they began to launch a series of compact lamps , with tube diameters as little as 16 mm , in novel and innovative shapes and sizes . |
| 2 | It would be best procedure if I began to answer a series of questions in a room from which Clements was excluded . |
| 3 | In April 1982 , with the assistance of Hill and Knowlton ( a public relations company ) , the company began publishing a series of brochures entitled R.S. Moves to Weldon . |
| 4 | Unknown to Dana , I began writing a series of free-verse poems about the pictures . |
| 5 | When in 1795 it began holding a series of open-air demonstrations in London , surprising numbers seem to have attended — possibly more than 100,000 , given the tendency for such occasions to become " fairs " with women and children attending as well as men . |
| 6 | • Arthur , after six years in the wilderness , has signed to Chrysalis and recently began recording a series of tracks with producer Phil Bodger , all of which the label regards as potential singles . |
| 7 | I recently began to stock a 4ft 6″ tank , commencing with a 5–1/2″ Plec , a 3″ Weather Loach and a 3″ Gold Severum , followed by two small Corydoras and a handsome 2–1/2″ Red Oscar . |
| 8 | There was no question of Lewis abandoning the Moores , but the body does not always believe the evidence of its senses ; and from this time onwards Minto ( as Lewis had begun to call Janie , after a variety of sweet to which she was devoted ) began to develop a series of psychosomatic conditions which strengthened the ties binding him to her side . |
| 9 | I began to have a series of nightmares where I experienced painful sensations up and down my spine , weird chanting and a feeling of terror . |
| 10 | It can not have been long , however , before the painting began to undergo a series of striking changes . |
| 11 | Bernice perched on the edge of the shift supervisor 's desk , watching as the Doctor strode quickly to the neural net cabinets and began to access a series of subsystems . |
| 12 | The two men therefore began to produce a series of articles on local African history in order to show that Africa also had a past worth recalling . |
| 13 | Cramer ran out to his car , took the handset from the dashboard and began to make a series of frantic calls as the car rolled . |