Example sentences of "[noun] began [to-vb] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wine bottles began to cluster at tables like sentries . |
| 2 | People on passing boats began to shout at Lucenzo , waving him down , but he seemed not to notice . |
| 3 | A vague suspicion began to tug at Benny 's mind , and she frowned in thought . |
| 4 | Having painted as a child , Stewart began to experiment at college ( the American College of London ) by applying patterns to everything in sight , from folding screens to lamps , and floor cloths to cutlery handles . |
| 5 | In May 1960 the EEC began to look at ways of liberalising the movement of capital , and the following year issued the first regulations governing the existence of cartels . |
| 6 | The artists began to hint at change ; Japanese prints were re-educating the European eye and African masks attracted the attention of the sculptor and painter . |
| 7 | Every year when the Nile began to rise at Cairo , a young virgin was dressed in bright apparel and thrown into the river . |
| 8 | The profits grew and the bank manager began to smile at Carrie whenever she paid in the weekly takings . |
| 9 | However , a trickle of collectors and speculators began to arrive at Zborowski 's flat early in 1918 , buying up Modigliani 's oil paintings , worth millions of pounds today , for three or four hundred francs . |
| 10 | But it was only when Susato began to publish at Antwerp in 1543 that their songs appeared in quantity and it was Susato who really launched Crecquillon with a book of 36 chansons à 4 parties in 1543 , though he had published Crecquillon 's greatest hit , ‘ Ung gay bergier ’ , in a miscellaneous collection the year before . |
| 11 | Wycliffe began to feel at peace with himself and the world . |
| 12 | They turned into an alleyway off Friday Street and Cranston began to bellow at passersby for the whereabouts of Parchmeiner 's shop . |