Example sentences of "he begin [verb] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leaning back , he began to reach for the packet of cigars , then made a wry face and changed his mind . |
| 2 | He began to reach for the handle with a gloved hand and then pulled nervously back , remembering what had happened to Frye . |
| 3 | As they passed the alimentari ( shut , as it might be forever ) and then plunged off the road into the shadows of the bramble-lined single track , Haverford quoted , as he had been waiting to do ever since they left Heathrow : ‘ ‘ In the middle of the journey of our life , I found myself lost in a dark wood , ’ ’ he began to translate for the benefit of the children , but they were all , including the baby , asleep now and Molly thought that for her father to pretend to be in the middle of his life was a bit of a cheek anyway . |
| 4 | He began digging for the pipe , which was expected to be about half a metre down . |
| 5 | Neither the Bodleian nor the British Museum , however , would offer him a place , and in 1889 he began to read for the bar . |
| 6 | A ‘ Coronation ’ tram , No 1174 , swayed into view and he began to run for the stop . |