Example sentences of "began [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And as the embarrassing minutes ticked away I began to realize for the first time the enormity of the problem which confronted Mrs Rumney . |
| 2 | On discovery the following morning , the wives were extremely angry and frustrated and broke into the clubhouse , selected a club each and in groups of twos , threes and fours began to search for the Maharajah . |
| 3 | From the moment in the mid-Eighties when it became known that Baron Thyssen was hunting a new location for his famous collection of paintings housed until only a few months ago at the lakeside Villa Favorita near Lugano , city fathers and heads of state began to vie for the prestige of exhibiting it . |
| 4 | The Chronicle A ( s.a. 685 ) says that Caedwalla began to contend for the kingship in 685 , but it was not until 686 that he established himself as king over the western Saxons . |
| 5 | McAllister , who had put the doll down , and was now fetching out her work basket to embroider pansies on some fine lawn dresses made for the bazaar by the aforesaid ladies , said , ‘ I did n't mean to become involved , you know , but Matey has been so kind to me — when not slave-driving me , you understand — that when she asked me to accompany her I had not the heart to refuse , and strangely , after I began to work for the bazaar , I found that it was most rewarding . ’ |
| 6 | Ariel began to long for the peace the latter draughts brought to her . |
| 7 | In 1828 he began to write for the fledgling Record newspaper and subsequently became its chief proprietor and the dominant influence on editorial policy for half a century . |
| 8 | He began to reach for the handle with a gloved hand and then pulled nervously back , remembering what had happened to Frye . |
| 9 | Leaning back , he began to reach for the packet of cigars , then made a wry face and changed his mind . |
| 10 | It is worth remembering that , at the moment when Manhattan 's business thus began to reach for the skies , New York 's Lower East side was probably the most overcrowded slum area in the western world with over 520 persons per acre . |
| 11 | German units were now leaving Sicily in a steady trickle as the Luftwaffe began regrouping for the forthcoming attack on Russia . |
| 12 | They began training for the finals in January involving twice-weekly practice sessions in the Barlaston canteen after work . |
| 13 | Everyone in the class started laughing and the teacher began searching for the culprit . |
| 14 | Antony grinned in resignation at Connon and began searching for the tablecloth . |
| 15 | He had written for the ‘ Manchester Guardian ’ on the subject during the seasons of 1933/4/5 , then in 1937 he began writing for the ‘ Glasgow Herald ’ — not reporting on county cricket as he had for the ‘ Guardian ’ but instead turning his impeccable knowledge of the game to the study of the nature of the game itself . |
| 16 | Either someone on the German side understood English or the TARDIS 's telepathic circuits were at work again , because the Germans also began dashing for the exits on their side of the cavern . |
| 17 | At last , I picked up the directory and began to look for the telephone number of a solicitor . |
| 18 | The King left the kitchen and began to look for the food . |
| 19 | Stan began to look for the even rarer amphibians . |
| 20 | It would seem that the priests fought a hard election campaign for the liberals began to press for the limitation of clerical deputies — a step inconceivable in 1809 . |
| 21 | The Marines did n't wait to be told twice , but simply began running for the door , firing as they went . |
| 22 | Neither the Bodleian nor the British Museum , however , would offer him a place , and in 1889 he began to read for the bar . |
| 23 | A ‘ Coronation ’ tram , No 1174 , swayed into view and he began to run for the stop . |
| 24 | Labourers began to scramble for the available employment ; unemployment increased ; while labourers still continued to anticipate marriage . |
| 25 | She saw low pay as the root of the problem and from 1896 began to campaign for the legal minimum wage . |
| 26 | [ he ] … began to understand for the first time just how much there was in this business of being a ship 's officer . |
| 27 | The champagne reception — at which Kylie began to demonstrate for the first time a new found confidence with both press and public — also gave them the perfect opportunity to milk their golden child 's latest achievement , three UK gold discs for ‘ Kylie ’ the LP , and the singles ‘ I Should Be So Lucky ’ and ‘ Got To Be Certain ’ . |
| 28 | Harry 's expression began to relax for the first time in Nicholas 's company . |
| 29 | Dartmoor was used by the inhabitants of both Devon and Cornwall until AD 850 , after which date common rights began to develop for the Moor , protecting the rights of all but the people of Barnstaple and Totnes ( who were excluded after AD 900 ) , while allowing the area to be hunted by the Wessex kings . |
| 30 | The couple began fighting for the right to keep children Moses , 14 , Dylan , seven and Satchel , four , after Mia revealed Allen 's affair with her adopted daughter Soon-Yi . |