Example sentences of "[adv] began [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maha tried to join them but was cast out and good-humouredly began to push the loaded craft into the water . |
| 2 | I thus began to call the Indian movement ‘ Satyagraha ’ , that is to say , the Force which is born of Truth and Love or Non-violence … ’ |
| 3 | Owen soon began to appreciate the potential value of this rival continental influence as a means of checkmating the materialists . |
| 4 | ‘ I had developed a penchant for Southern Comfort over the years and when not running I soon began to surpass the 20 units of alcohol per week ‘ allowed ’ by the experts if you do n't wish to become addicted . |
| 5 | The infant welfare movement , like the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children , whose inspectors also began to enter the working class home during the 1890s , too often interpreted lack of cleanliness as neglect . |
| 6 | But they were not content merely to question the economic rule of the landowners , they also began to question the social and political structure of power in feudal societies . |
| 7 | Plants now began to turn the flying skills of the insects to their own advantage . |
| 8 | She now began to have the strange experience of finding herself taking part in the life of the Holy Family . |
| 9 | It was when the draft for a document on revelation was presented in November 1962 that the Council really began to experience the creative polarization that was to shape its whole history . |
| 10 | After the overthrow of the Shah in 1979 the USSR ordered the local communist party ( Tudeh ) to support the Ayatollah Khomeini , and even began to supply the new regime with weapons . |
| 11 | The smith lifted a hoof onto his thigh , then began to scrape the compacted tan and dung which clogged it with a hoofpick . |
| 12 | Returning , he set the two large pieces of the broken bowl to one side then began to sweep the tiny slivers of porcelain into a pile . |
| 13 | Sikes quickly tied the rope around the chimney , then began to tie the other end around himself , ready to lower himself to the ground behind the house . |