Example sentences of "begin [to-vb] [coord] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( b ) The hips then begin to turn and the kicking foot rises to the side |
| 2 | As the pace began to quicken and the complicated threads of the chant began to rise Rincewind found himself watching fascinated . |
| 3 | From this joke the seed began to germinate and the whole idea of Norseman Park was formed with CF–DRD as the centre-piece of the whole complex . |
| 4 | The lines began to shake and the two flags that were pushed into the heaps of stones soon fell over , but Bobbie ran across and picked up one of them . |
| 5 | Stiff westerly winds made forward passage difficult , and the little boats had to tack this way and that within the narrow confines of the Strait 's exit , before the funnel began to widen and the open sea to present itself Magellan , now perfectly confident of his discovery , named the waters Estrecho do Todos los Santos — All Saints ' Strait . |
| 6 | The reduction was regarded by Ministers as modest grounds for hope that the high level of imports is at last beginning to ease and the three-month picture shows a 13.4pc fall in the deficit . |
| 7 | Here , Mrs Pettifer began to interject but the small gentleman silenced her with a flap of the wrist which was altogether not very gentlemanly and proved too much for the great lady detective who made a more purposeful interjection of her own . |
| 8 | And when the economy began to collapse and the political optimism of the 1960s and early 1970s began to tarnish , it was women who saw our jobs , our wages , our support services and our educational opportunities become the first and most serious casualties of the new depression . |
| 9 | ‘ the jaws of the deceased criminal began to quiver and the adjoining muscles were horribly contorted and one eye actually opened … |
| 10 | As time passed and urban politics , at least , became more open and genuinely representative , the old , artificial party system began to crumble and the Liberal Monarchy itself to appear insecure . |
| 11 | The day had been cool and overcast with intermittent drizzle but now the sky had begun to clear and the dappled clouds made a patchwork of blue and pale grey with a hint of hazy gold . |