Example sentences of "[noun] begin [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lissa watched , her mind beginning to tick over , like a little bomb , set to explode . |
| 2 | When factory industry began to take over , however , the mills were built at Hebden Bridge below , to take advantage of the water-power provided by the river and the transport facility of the canal , so Hebden Bridge grew fast into a busy mill town whilst Heptonstall remained as it had always been . |
| 3 | ‘ I felt pretty much the same , ’ she explained as his lips began to run over her forehead . |
| 4 | Already however , the Luftwaffe had been reduced in strength in Sicily as units began moving over to Libya to support the new German Afrika Korps , which was being assembled in the Tripoli area . |
| 5 | His hand brushed aside the long , thick hair , his lips beginning to move over her tender nape , and Maggie gave a small whimper of desire , melting against him . |
| 6 | But slowly another emotion began to take over — anger . |
| 7 | Now this , I think , is where approaches to the issues begin to diverge , and where the debate about tactics begins to take over . |
| 8 | Children have boundless curiosity and enthusiasm until they begin to ‘ Know ’ , and cynicism the arch destroyer of zest begins to take over . |
| 9 | The drills begin to take over … movement by night , how to react to any unexpected encounters en route . |
| 10 | Just then the scene began to mist over . |
| 11 | The job began to take over my life , and my first marriage ended in divorce . |
| 12 | Although the government found the ‘ service city ’ far from satisfactory , it was not until Catherine II 's reign that centrally appointed officials began to take over many of these functions . |
| 13 | But when visitors to the countryside are considered en masse rather than on an individual basis , then the farmer 's traditional nervousness towards the urban population begins to take over . |
| 14 | However we , the next thing we knew was the flying bombs began to come over . |
| 15 | As the engineers within the BEA began to take over direct responsibility for the power station sites during 1948 , the prospect of strengthening the organisation improved . |
| 16 | She straightened her back and a small smile began to spread over her lips as she said , ‘ I wonder what Mrs Funnell will say to this ? |
| 17 | What about that child who had screamed in Act Two , and the hissing that had followed … and the outbreak of sobbing when Tinkerbell drank the poison and Peter announced she was dying … and the sigh that had rippled … yes , rippled through the theatre when Peter , alone on the rock in the lagoon , heard the mermaid 's melancholy cry as the moon began to rise over Never-Never Land . |
| 18 | There were hundreds of different languages spoken on the Australian continent when the Europeans began to take over in the late eighteenth century . |
| 19 | Self-discipline begins to take over so that children come more and more to behave reasonably , even when there is no one present to tell them what to do . |
| 20 | It was barely three months after her arrival in the village when her life began to pitch over from an even keel , and it remained from then onwards at a pitched-over angle . |
| 21 | Indeed , animation in the strict stop-motion sense begins to cross over with mechanical or electronic animation shot as , or with , live action , so no sharp distinction is made here . |
| 22 | The research team acquired a mine of information , which they decided to put into a teaching pack for midwives and other health professionals , and it was then that the project began to take over Mrs Kelsall 's life . |
| 23 | After spending a day settling in to their hotel rooms and enjoying a display by the Orange County Police Department , the children began to bubble over with excitement at the thought of visiting Disney 's Magic Kingdom . |
| 24 | About an hour before reaching Jura dark clouds began to roll over on us from its lofty peaks , and soon we had a perfect torrent of rain . |
| 25 | The car purred onwards , moving easily through the traffic , and eventually a light frown began to settle over her face . |
| 26 | Now the superstars ' magic begins to take over . |