Example sentences of "begin [to-vb] at the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because the embryos begin to swim at the blastula stage they must be trapped in a nylon net to keep them still , the square holes providing micro-aquaria through which sea water is slowly passed . |
| 2 | Do n't torture yourself with feelings of inadequacy because you ca n't even begin to guess at the correct pronunciation of Abhainn Coire Mhic Nobuil . |
| 3 | At the second attempt she made the connection and heard the telephone begin to ring at the other end . |
| 4 | He began to aim at the other man , who was reloading his Luger , but was stopped by the Doctor 's hand on his shoulder . |
| 5 | Where or with whom James received his training is not known , but by 1783 he was established in London ; and in that year he announced himself by publishing a pamphlet on A Method of Constructing Vapour Baths , and began to exhibit at the Royal Academy . |
| 6 | His fingers began to scrabble at the coarse edge of the steel plate . |
| 7 | The porter fell to his knees and began to scrabble at the soft soil next to the wooden scaffold pole . |
| 8 | Idly she began to stab at the wet ground with it , but it struck something hard straight away . |
| 9 | Clumsily he began to tug at the heavy gold signet ring on one of his fingers . |
| 10 | It began to ring at the other end . |
| 11 | News of the victory spread as the clans began to muster at the appointed time at Glenfinnan , which , with the mountains rising all around the tranquil waters of the loch , provided an intensely dramatic setting for the formal beginning of the campaign . |
| 12 | My brain began to overheat at the sheer scale of the disaster that had just overtaken me . |
| 13 | They both began to speak at the same time , and Fen gestured to her to go first . |
| 14 | Ethologists have not yet begun to grasp at the crucial characteristic of human beings that tends to invalidate all but the most cautious inferences from other animals to Man . |
| 15 | He had begun to tremble at the very thought . |