Example sentences of "[coord] begin to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heat the oil in a frying pan and cook the onion until soft and beginning to brown at the edges . |
| 2 | When they left it was clouding over and beginning to drizzle . |
| 3 | She was a delightfully fiery little thing , Philip thought , forgetting all about tea , opening her coat and beginning to unbutton her blouse . |
| 4 | With a sigh of relief as the second tile slotted into place , she replaced the chisel in her back pocket and began to edge backwards until Leo could grasp her ankles and guide her feet to the top of the ladder . |
| 5 | Once away from the gym and the deadening influence of the Butcher we felt released and began to caper along the corridor to the next lesson . |
| 6 | As I approached the animal 's rear end he laid back his ears , whickered and began to caper around . |
| 7 | I spent a great deal of time with housemasters ( see Chapter 22 ) and hence I became interested in the kinds of problems they encountered and began to follow-up the children I saw regularly in their offices . |
| 8 | His expression wicked , he continued the stare which seemed to strip poor McAllister of her clothing , a stare so cruel that Dr Neil immediately saw its import and began to bridle at the sight , putting out a protective hand to his beloved , to feel her tremble beneath it . |
| 9 | When Simon stopped and began to bombard him with questions about home , Quinn had a chance to have a look at the youth . |
| 10 | But Richard brought up siege machines and began to bombard the walls , concentrating on the fourth side where a small town nestled at the foot of the citadel . |
| 11 | The sergeant took his incident book from a shelf , and began to thumb through it . |
| 12 | He pushed the pad aside , drew the typewriter towards him and began to type again , squinting down at his friend s tiny handwriting . |
| 13 | He pushed the pad aside and began to type again . |
| 14 | He pushed the pad aside , took out his handkerchief and wiped his face , stuffed the handkerchief back in his pocket and began to type again . |
| 15 | Goldberg , pushing aside pad and pen , drew the little typewriter towards him and began to type again . |
| 16 | He put a hand down to his groin , and began to mouth into the pillow all the obscenities he knew , repeating them in a kind of chant . |
| 17 | I closed my eyes and began to pole . |
| 18 | With a withering glance , he returned his attention to the letters and began to rifle through them . |
| 19 | I pulled out the stool which Billy must have sat at the desk on , and began to rifle through things in no particular order . |
| 20 | Then Marcus stood up and began to unbutton his shirt further . |
| 21 | Jess set the tankard down and began to unbutton his shirt . |
| 22 | He said huskily , ‘ Let me , McAllister , ’ and began to unbutton her blouse , ‘ I want to stroke you , McAllister , and not your clothes , ’ and she made no effort to stop him , and when he bent his head to kiss the breasts he had fondled with his hands the cry which she gave was one of pleasure , not fear , for now it was Dr Neil loving her so carefully that the flood of pleasure was almost on her from that alone . |
| 23 | I was beginning to think that the staring match would never stop when he suddenly sat down and began to finger some papers on the top of his desk . |
| 24 | John , who had hoped there might be some gin , jumped up and began to hand round glasses . |
| 25 | A lot of young agents and bookers come from colleges where they have started as social secretaries and begun to book bands . |
| 26 | Thomas 's eyes forced her to take account of something different in herself and to begin to value it . |