Example sentences of "begin [to-vb] [adv] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Then it moved closer and began to scratch frantically at the foot of the bin . |
| 3 | Luke began to mop clumsily at the pool of milk with a teacloth . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The acid began to eat away at the edge of her tunic , the bottom strands of her curly hair . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |