Example sentences of "and begin [to-vb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This forms as the fibrils fan out and begin to create the spherical outline . |
| 2 | Finalise the Report of the International Working Party , seek National Council 's agreement on how to proceed , and begin to implement the resulting policies . |
| 3 | What needs to be done is for the leaders who gather in Edinburgh to accept all that and begin to forge the new kind of European Community which is needed . |
| 4 | The Elves finally succeed in driving the last Dark Elves from northern Ulthuan and begin to sweep the northern seas clear of their ships . |
| 5 | Elsewhere , in the works of Gyorgy Ligeti and Mauricio Kagel , it could question the very bases of musical performance , extending the range of expression and gesture at the same time as it undermined their very validity , and begin to colonise the imprecise border country between theatre , music and performance art . |
| 6 | In touring Northern England George Orwell saw the era of state housing moving into its expansionist phase and beginning to transform the urban landscape . |
| 7 | Perturbed by the keenness of his loss , afraid that it made him , in truth , a stuffed-shirt Englishman as Hannele had assumed , Edward Carrington went to the bathroom and began to fill the mighty iron tub . |
| 8 | The man nodded and behind him Dai gave a shrug of resignation and began to search the small house . |
| 9 | He accepted an appointment with Nobel 's Explosive Company in Ayrshire in 1911 and began to examine the physical analysis of chemical plant performance . |
| 10 | As controlling designer for the exhibition , Tait , together with Coia and Spence , mounted the hoist and began to ascend the half-completed tower . |
| 11 | She put down her leather dressing-case the dark green one with a strap across the lid — that went with her on train journeys , and began to untie the knotted napkins . |
| 12 | Upon the death of his father , Sigmar became chieftain and began to draw the human tribes together under his leadership . |
| 13 | The tall , blond player who had joined West Ham at the tender of age of 17 some four years earlier , had done more than choose the right moment to emerge , he 'd nicely anticipated the coming of the right man , Alf Ramsey , who took over the England management shortly afterwards and began to forge the national side which would win the World Cup in 1966 and in which Moore would play an anchor role . |
| 14 | As dawn began to lighten the sky they topped the rise of another mist-shrouded valley and began to descend the other side . |
| 15 | He leapt for the navigation panel before Jinkwa could stop him and began to manipulate the unfamiliar controls with ease and skill . |
| 16 | Ianthe Broome , Daisy Pettigrew , Sister Dew and one or two others whose names she could never remember , now sat down round the table and began to discuss the final arrangements for the bazaar , which had always been exactly the same and always would be , except that from one year to another a pint more or less milk might be ordered for the teas . |
| 17 | In his extremity he put down the punch he could not hold steadily , and began to handle the half-shaped blocks of stone , dragging them forward and turning them to the light . |
| 18 | ‘ Naylor ! ’ she sighed again in the utmost rapture , and , clutching him , had not the smallest demur to make when he removed her bra and began to caress the swollen mounds of her pink-tipped breasts . |
| 19 | He returned outside and began to drag the unconscious Zhukov into the darkroom . |
| 20 | At that moment one of the other two women who had left the room for a couple of minutes returned with a bowl of water and began to bathe the injured arm . |
| 21 | He did not attempt the removal of the pyjama jacket , but suddenly stood up and began to pull the red trousers down and get them off ; and it seemed that Patrick , shifting very slightly , assisted the operation , his eyes now moving in awareness of what Marcus was doing . |
| 22 | But by the late 1980s , conservationists in Indian reserves started to notice that some of the familiar old cats had disappeared , and began to question the official figures . |
| 23 | Swinging himself into the saddle , Guy turned Chalon 's head towards Winchester and began to consider the various means whereby he could ensure that Isabel belonged to him while he was giving her the time she needed . |
| 24 | Tug 's arms stopped and began to whirl the other way . |
| 25 | He rose abruptly , and began to walk the wide chamber with his wine cup dangled lightly between his fingers , a habit of his when he was thoughtful . |
| 26 | He touched the horse 's flanks , splashed through the ford and began to climb the gradual slope beyond . |
| 27 | David Astor , Chairman of the Council for the Protection of Rural England , welcomed the proposals , saying that the government " now has an unprecedented opportunity to turn green rhetoric into effective policies and to begin to solve the long-standing problems of excessive development pressure in the south-east " . |
| 28 | From the winter egg an insect called the leaf form hatches out and begins to suck the lower surface of its birthplace , a young leaf , causing the formation of a hollow gall . |