Example sentences of "[pron] begin [prep] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 I begin to really hate men and do n't want to get close to them in case I get hurt again .
2 I began ‘ Great Expectations ’ with a very negative view towards it but as I read on I began to really enjoy it .
3 She began to slowly pull back , but her eyes were trapped in the sudden , melting caress in his gaze .
4 Hastily slamming the door on him , because she did n't damn well want to be beguiled by his blasted charm , because it was too late , she began to hurriedly lug her suitcase down the stairs .
5 She watched him for as long as she could bear to , anger warring with a sense of duty , then abruptly she marched into the house , and with gritted teeth and a distinctly martyred feeling she began to resentfully sort out a bag to take with her to Soufrière .
6 It was then that she began to really drift from University life .
7 Do n't touch me ! ’ she added as he began to carefully straighten her leg and probe the flesh at the top of her boot .
8 There was a long , emotionally charged silence as they stared at one another , before he began to roughly shrug the jacket from his broad shoulders .
9 They treated him like one of them , complimenting him on his astuteness , until he began to genuinely believe that it was he who had selected Node Check , that he was an expert on account trading before he 'd learned anything about the stock market in general .
10 ‘ You have to be washed and changed , ’ she told him , when he began to noisily protest , ‘ and then — ’ she indicated Vitor ‘ — you can go in your papá 's motor car . ’
11 The major national breweries themselves began to either acquire or be acquired by non-brewing companies so as to form larger conglomerates such as Allied-Lyons ( formed when Allied Breweries took over the catering group J. Lyons in 1978 ) , Grand Metropolitan ( formed when Grand Met Hotels took over Truman Hanbury and Buxton in 1971 and Watney Mann in 1972 ) and Imperial ( formed when Imperial Tobacco acquired Courage Breweries in 1972 ) .
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