Example sentences of "[pers pn] begin [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before I begin to examine these ‘ internal ’ factors , it would be useful to provide a little background information . |
| 2 | ‘ Ah yes , I begin to see some of your difficulties . |
| 3 | Wandering around the Muses ' hometown , Newport , Rhode Island , I begin to believe this could be heaven — beautiful colonial architecture , quaint , toytown paint-schemes , big gardens , porches , wide , empty streets . |
| 4 | But as I turn for home through the valley meadows , with rooks massing above the woods on either side , I begin to strike lucky . |
| 5 | I begin to get some idea of what the Roman games must 've been like . ’ |
| 6 | I begin to hate that unknown girl who was his model . |
| 7 | At around this time I began to give private lessons in Latin and mathematics to a few boys who were in their first and second years of school in Parma or who had to take an entrance examination . |
| 8 | I began to take daily photographs just to see , at the end of the month , how much had moved without one noticing . |
| 9 | With a glimmer of self-preservation I began to reason that to be a martyr to an unwanted marriage was one thing , whereas to look like a fool in the eyes of all the world was another . |
| 10 | I began to see one way out of our dilemma . |
| 11 | ‘ But , after a time , I began to see all his ideas as sort of odd , not charming eccentricities , but … you know , symptoms . ’ |
| 12 | I began to see little old ladies clutching their pension books and garages called Krash Kare and Oxfam shops and Salvation Army hostels . |
| 13 | That 's why I began to see less of him . |
| 14 | However , when I took to hanging about in the new house , when I watched her while she chatted to her staff and guests , or entertained the local burghers , or genteelly remonstrated with her suppliers and various tradesmen over the phone , I began to see this seeming tact as an extension of that complicity I had long been aware of . |
| 15 | I began to see another face in the posters . |
| 16 | Satisfied , I began to notice other birds , the all-the-year-round residents . |
| 17 | I began to lack self-motivation and this was reflected in my play . |
| 18 | I began to realise that life like this could not last for ever and so I asked to go back to the Cheshire Home for a holiday . |
| 19 | After I began to earn more money than he did . |
| 20 | ‘ Tell me about your past , ’ I began to urge other women , and they to urge me . |
| 21 | ‘ Tell me , ’ I began to urge other women , ‘ what might be ’ , and they to urge me . |
| 22 | ‘ More and more , as years went by , I began to frequent Irish singing pubs , until I was totally immersed in the music . |
| 23 | From then on I began to interpret each nocturnal sound as a footstep or as a bolt sliding back , and in the misery of the night I turned round and round in bed , my nightdress winding itself tighter and tighter about me , while a little voice inside me complained , ‘ I tried to do right , and now look what you 've done to me . |
| 24 | I began to believe all those stories about the Revie selection policy . |
| 25 | Whether the ground actually became firmer or whether I was spurred on by fear I do not know , but I began to make better progress . |
| 26 | Then I began to land some good punches . |
| 27 | Not long after moving house just recently I began to experience intermittent malfunctions with my home computer . |
| 28 | After listening for some time , I began to grow uneasy , feeling increasingly suspicious that his faith , though enthusiastic , was almost entirely groundless . |
| 29 | It was at that point I began to grow nervous . |
| 30 | But gradually I began to write occasional pieces for newspapers . |