Example sentences of "began [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The larks had not been up long when the first cars began filtering into the parks . |
| 2 | She closed her eyes to hide her revulsion as he pressed his open mouth against hers and began fumbling with the buttons of her bush shirt . |
| 3 | When he saw Duclos striding back across the compound dragging a young Annamese boy behind him , he smiled quietly to himself , stepped back into his bedroom and began fumbling with the buttons of his silk shirt . |
| 4 | Dunan 's group began loping towards the Rorim , leaving two bodies behind them on the moonlit ground . |
| 5 | ‘ The African guide was nowhere to be seen so Slash picked up the guy 's rifle and began firing into the air , trying desperately to scare the elephants away , ’ said another friend of the star . |
| 6 | Charlie now found himself in front and began firing at the Germans as their heads popped up from behind the dug-outs . |
| 7 | ‘ Police began firing on the trapped mass of people . |
| 8 | She positioned herself on a front bench , laid out her pastels and board , and began drawing under the eyes of the judge , who , be all accounts , turned a shade of puce . |
| 9 | She positioned herself on a front bench , laid out her pastels and board , and began drawing under the eyes of the judge , who , be all accounts , turned a shade of puce . |
| 10 | All four began galloping down the track . |
| 11 | He dived under the fence and a moment later the ducks began waddling through the tunnel and into the garden . |
| 12 | The sun sank lower on my left and the blue shadows of dusk began gathering on the pines and firs and creeping in among the sapling branches and the alders . |
| 13 | Rachel paused by her desk and began toying with the telephone cord . |
| 14 | As Morton produced the manila folder from his pocket , Sir Rufus seized it and began leafing through the papers it contained . |
| 15 | I looked up again to see that she was still asleep and then I began leafing through the pages , curious to see whose names were entered there . |
| 16 | The first batch of five coolies were flung face downward in the red dirt , and under the direction of the burly figure of Phat , half a dozen of his subordinates began lashing at the exposed soles of their bare feet . |
| 17 | Profiled recently in this magazine , Madame Yevonde was a highly influential but sadly unsung pioneer of colour photography who began experimenting with the new Vivex colour print process in the early thirties and was soon producing work of startling and refreshing originality . |
| 18 | Graham began climbing with the Edinburgh JMCS and shared first ascents of significant Scottish routes like Parallel B Gully , Lochnager ( 1958 ) , Smith 's gully on Creag Meaghaidh ( 1959 ) and Vanishing Gully on Ben Nevis ( 1961 ) . |
| 19 | Steve grew up in Seattle and began climbing in the Cascades Range . |
| 20 | The child was only freed from a fume-filled car when her frantic mother began knocking on the locked garage door . |
| 21 | The profession 's demands became intolerable however , and in 1901 he began contributing to the magazines of the day . |
| 22 | For the sake of appearances , he picked up another brush and began swatting at the sleeves and lapels of his suit . |
| 23 | Enemy heads began appearing over the wall . |
| 24 | Back in London , her name began appearing in the gossip columns . |
| 25 | Articles with titles like ‘ The New Opposition ’ and ‘ Power Returns to the Lords ’ began appearing in the newspapers . |
| 26 | Then he walked deeper into the trees as the twilight thickened around him and the stars began appearing among the branches over his head . |
| 27 | The Director paused and watched the scene below for a few thoughtful seconds , as a squad of house servants bagged and carried out the human remains , and began stripping off the blood-soaked canvas cover from the padded squares underneath , removing it for cleaning . |
| 28 | My breath began wheezing from the exertion . |
| 29 | I could n't make out what was going on so I began walking towards the image , binoculars pressed to my eyes . |
| 30 | Scrambling down from the mound of sand , Garry began walking towards the houses , his hands and knees stained orange . |