Example sentences of "begin [to-vb] [coord] the [noun] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the sun began to sink and the evening grew cold , they stripped their clothes from the thorn trees , collected together their pans and bamboo brooms and set out across the bridge for home . |
| 2 | Warm rain began to fall and the land came to life . |
| 3 | As she trudged awkwardly up the valley road her feet began to sweat and the toes rubbed painfully against each other . |
| 4 | Soon the traffic began to thin and the road became a long straight fenland route with occasional trees and sporadic bungalows slipping into the dykes . |
| 5 | The crowd began to disperse but the dancing continued — do you call that dancing Neil ? |
| 6 | After a time Milhaez began to sing and the boat seemed to be carried upriver on his voice . |
| 7 | The slope down to Rock Creek began to steepen and the shops thinned out as they moved away from the centre . |
| 8 | Then the fingers began to move and the piano got louder and stopped with a final note as the hand fell on to the floor . |
| 9 | Two days dead , the body was beginning to putrefy and the stench made both Benjamin and myself gag . |
| 10 | The stomach had begun to swell and the chamber stank with the evil gases which emanated from it . |