Example sentences of "they begin [to-vb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of the difficulties children get into as they begin to explore the immediate environment of their home happen because they do not know enough to realize what will occur if they , for example , put their hands in a rose bush or pick up a shining splinter of glass . |
| 2 | They begin to inculcate the dominant ideology from an early age , in the words of Esteinou Madrid , ‘ creating the political/cultural demand for the survival of capitalism ’ ( 1986 , p.119 ) . |
| 3 | All she knew was when they began to leave the straggling apartment block on the edge of town , because she felt him slide into another gear and the engine opened out with a deep growl , and then they were climbing , climbing , following the sinuous trail deep into a cleft in the mountains . |
| 4 | They began to institute the actual changes that were necessary : |
| 5 | The others paddled and scrambled over somehow and as they began to reach the other side , Hazel plunged . |
| 6 | They took some sandwiches and a bottle of cold tea , and they began to cut the long grass in Mr Wood 's biggest field . |
| 7 | As towns grew larger , they began to pollute the adjacent marshes and valley bottoms , which in turn developed ominous reputations for disease . |
| 8 | When they began to investigate the tiny houses , they found other bodies : men , women , children … . |