Example sentences of "begin [to-vb] [adv] at the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Booksellers should begin to look seriously at the possibilities of stocking multimedia products , or run the risk of losing out to consumer electronics retailers and an erosion of their market .
2 One hacker 's wife remarked : ‘ The whole thing started when he began to work late at the office , and I began to think that there was another woman .
3 Then it moved closer and began to scratch frantically at the foot of the bin .
4 Last spring Nelson Mandela was released and the USSR began to split apart at the seams .
5 Luke began to mop clumsily at the pool of milk with a teacloth .
6 Barely a week into the tour , Johnny Marr was feeling the strain : ‘ I feel like I 'm in The Rolling Stones or any other rock band , ’ he said as the gruelling schedule began to etch away at the excitement generated by that first night .
7 The acid began to eat away at the edge of her tunic , the bottom strands of her curly hair .
8 Basuki , of Indonesia , had held two points for a 4–0 lead in the decider but the fourth seed began to miss forehands and Van Lottum began to attack more at the net .
9 Sadly , in the second half , the play begins to fall apart at the seams as Harwood attempts to combine comedy with more serious themes .
10 From last year 's figures , the retailer knows that she can expect sales to drop in late February , but to begin to climb again at the end of April .
11 The trick is to give away what you reasonably can , to put straight into the waste-paper basket everything which it is not absolutely necessary to do anything about , or which it is now too late to do anything about , and then to begin to nibble away at the rest .
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