Example sentences of "[pron] began [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I began to carry a gun and a knife with me everywhere I went . |
| 2 | It was around that time that I began to foster the notion that information was being withheld , that somebody was not telling me everything . |
| 3 | So after they had gone I began to use the tower . |
| 4 | I started to read newspapers and magazines more , and , for just about the first time in my life , I began to take an interest in current affairs . |
| 5 | And I gets this one out and I 'm reading through it and I looks at the name John , and then I began to take an interest in it and , here I discovered that my grandfather and my great grandfather that 's like my grandfather and my grandmother 's father |
| 6 | I began to employ the list method for other things , planning my weekends for instance . |
| 7 | I began to see a pattern to these puzzling events , a distinct and disturbing trend . |
| 8 | I began to see the nervousness in your eyes whenever I got too close to you , and when I kissed you at the inn I knew that Matilda had lied about one point at least . |
| 9 | I began to smell the warmth and the love , and feel the peace , but above all I began to see the inspiration of the human spirit . |
| 10 | I began to see the key to this as being the fullness of the Holy Spirit . |
| 11 | I began to see the city , not so much as a cityscape , but as a still life made up of street lights , buses , cars and shop windows . |
| 12 | I BEGAN TO SEE THE CITY , NOT SO MUCH AS A CITYSCAPE , BUT AS A STILL LIFE MADE UP OF STREET LIGHTS . |
| 13 | I began to see the city , not so much as a cityscape , but as a still life made up of street lights , buses , cars and shop windows . |
| 14 | I BEGAN TO SEE THE CITY , NOT SO MUCH AS A CITYSCAPE , BUT AS A STILL LIFE MADE UP OF STREET LIGHTS . |
| 15 | I began to see the Luciferi as evil . |
| 16 | Once again it was during some exchanges with colleagues from other establishments that I began to realise the significance of ‘ who is on your side ’ . |
| 17 | Whilst waiting to go to Spring Harvest my visits to church became more regular and I began to realise the truth of God 's Word . |
| 18 | The next day I bought a suitcase and some clothes and I began to live the life of Edward Pinkhammer . |
| 19 | ‘ I began to draw a man busy digging potatoes in a field again . |
| 20 | I began to teach the danger not only of the closed mind , knowing all the answers in advance , but also of the completely open mind . |
| 21 | As I watched the den over the next few days , I began to appreciate the set pattern of this mink 's activity . |
| 22 | But as soon as I had the door shut I began to ransack the flat for the sheet music I keep for special occasions such as Christmas , bar mitzvahs , weddings and so on . |
| 23 | I began to relax a bit . |
| 24 | While I was at Cambridge , I began to follow a rule of life which I hoped would prepare me for the priesthood . |
| 25 | I felt as if someone had stuck a knife into me — I started to hate Africa then and I went on hating it — I began to hate a lot of things I had n't minded before , when I was happy . |
| 26 | I began to approach the window . |
| 27 | We went into my room and sat down on the floor together , and dried each other 's tears ; then I began to laugh a bit , ruefully , because I suddenly imagined how we must look , a hulking great coloured man and a girl sitting snivelling in front of a gas-fire mopping up the tears with dozens of paper hankies . |
| 28 | I began to make a list . |
| 29 | I began to show the work of these young painters — Robin Dennys , Bernard Cohen , Bill Turnbull . |
| 30 | I began to recognise a landscape . |