Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] at the beginning " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even at sixteen , Will refuses to stand still at the beginning of a season for a presentation , but clams down as the year progresses . |
| 2 | The new experience everyone enjoyed was eating bananas and it was a great disappointment when the supply stopped short at the beginning of the war . |
| 3 | The Swansea and Neath Society was founded in December 1822 but made no appeal through a public meeting until January 1826 ; the Manchester Society , although becoming active at the beginning of 1824 , issued no report to the public until March 1827 and had only had its first public meeting on 22 March 1826 . |
| 4 | But the trees to the right and left , purposely made brownish at the beginning when the setting sun was dominant , now looked too rich and not dark enough . |
| 5 | However , London Transport was unwilling to go to the expense of refitting proper external lighting and the headlamp masks were never removed , as they incorporated red slides for display at the rear end of the car and the combined side lamps-tail lamps and route numbers had been removed or rendered ineffective at the beginning of the war . |
| 6 | Remember , more companies go bust at the beginning of a recovery than at any other time . ’ |