Example sentences of "[conj] began [to-vb] [adv] to " in BNC.

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1 The passengers , replete with the lamb and chocolate mousse , lingered over coffee , and began to drift away to the dome car 's bar lounge .
2 I climbed into the boat and began to go back to where my friends were .
3 He passed Responsions that June and began to look forward to the payments he would get for his journalism — especially for his ‘ prose poems ’ in the Speaker .
4 Mother liked him and began to look forward to his visits , and would greet him with : ‘ Hello , Mr Green .
5 Rohmer turned away from Cardiff and began to walk over to them .
6 The brave man turned his back on Silver and began to walk back to the beach .
7 when Sir Henry left the house and began to walk back to the Hall
8 He swung round and began to walk back to Church Row .
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