Example sentences of "begin [to-vb] [coord] [vb infin] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do not leave the meat in the water for more than an hour or two , for it will soon begin to decay and pollute the water . |
| 2 | Thus , the use of direct observation , indirectly , began to enrich and change the appearance of the classroom as a learning environment . |
| 3 | As the confidence and prosperity of the monasteries increased , so did the enthusiasm with which the monks began to drain and develop the wetlands around them . |
| 4 | Maxim took a handful of kitchen paper and began to dismantle and dry the revolver . |
| 5 | At nine this morning Dr Hunter and Mr Cruikshanks began to open and embalm the body of my Wife . |
| 6 | Then she began to clean and paint the house room by room . |
| 7 | As I walked , I began to dance and improvise a song : ‘ They said you 'd never make it , la , la , la . ’ |
| 8 | She said , ‘ Well , if there 's nothing else for it ’ , and began to fold and manipulate the wedding dress while I stood like a doll , cold and alien and powerless . |
| 9 | Only gradually did the commercial preoccupation with the projector and the venue shift to a greater interest in the films themselves and then very much the same kind of people who had struggled to control the machines and theatres began to make and distribute the films . |
| 10 | And until the Church begins to acknowledge and address the century in which it now finds itself , it will die . |
| 11 | By the time the beech hedge begins to grow and shade the border , the leaves will have refuelled their corms and died down . |
| 12 | What does it take to begin to understand and respect the ways of a culture so different from one 's own ? |