Example sentences of "began [to-vb] for [art] " 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 | A British engineer in the Kensington exchange came jolting out of his chair and began to search for a ‘ lock ’ on the transmitting number . |
| 3 | Here they also found the values of the market place , which stressed personal independence and self-gratification , and began to search for a sexual fulfilment which , Shorter . |
| 4 | Not long after acquiring Belle Vue Cottage she began to search for a piece of land in the Cotherstone area , preferably a fenced-i-meadow . |
| 5 | Then he took out a book from his desk and began to search for a name . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She reached into the Mini and lifted out her bag and began to rummage for a pen and paper . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | Ariel began to long for the peace the latter draughts brought to her . |
| 12 | I was involved in opposing the Vietnam War , began to write for a left newspaper , Black Dwarf and became part of the beginnings of the women 's liberation movement . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He began to reach for the handle with a gloved hand and then pulled nervously back , remembering what had happened to Frye . |
| 15 | Leaning back , he began to reach for the packet of cigars , then made a wry face and changed his mind . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | After three hours of continuous nibbling it seemed , I will confess , rather on the acid and insubstantial side , and I began to yearn for a bowl of pasta . |
| 18 | Sara began to look for a cup . |
| 19 | She began to look for a university job outside Cambridge . |
| 20 | But , in the summer of 1945 , he took a furnished room in Kensington and began to look for a suitable and convenient residence of his own . |
| 21 | The March Hare poured a little hot tea on its nose , and the Hatter began to look for a clean plate . |
| 22 | He began to look for a safe stance for the night … |
| 23 | So I began to look for a husband . |
| 24 | Eventually , they entered London , and Noah began to look for a quiet , cheap pub where they could spend the night . |
| 25 | His pacifism was couched in the violent language of subversion and revolution , and long before 1917 he began to look for a distinctive Scottish way out of the war . |
| 26 | He began to look for a job . |
| 27 | But it was when he began finding the 26 mile 385 yard distance — which he can complete in two hours and 57 minutes — ‘ about right for starters ’ , that he began to look for a new challenge . |
| 28 | Oag , formerly marketing director with a major computer industry concern in London , had grown tired of weekend commuting from Nairn , and began to look for a local company he could invest time and money in . |
| 29 | At last , I picked up the directory and began to look for the telephone number of a solicitor . |
| 30 | The King left the kitchen and began to look for the food . |