Example sentences of "[pron] begin [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 And if I ca n't , can I begin to entertain the thought that teaching may not be for me ( as a substantial number of new teachers do ) without feeling guilty or a failure ?
2 I may seek to control him , if he is potentially useful to me ; but I shall be betraying my principles if I begin to enjoy the sensation of another resisting and yielding , if I develop a taste for power for its own sake .
3 I begin to pronounce the sequence of words and numbers that will prevent her from giving him a piece of her mind .
4 I begin to feel the force of its will .
5 It was around that time that I began to foster the notion that information was being withheld , that somebody was not telling me everything .
6 So after they had gone I began to use the tower .
7 I began to employ the list method for other things , planning my weekends for instance .
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 teach the danger not only of the closed mind , knowing all the answers in advance , but also of the completely open mind .
20 As I watched the den over the next few days , I began to appreciate the set pattern of this mink 's activity .
21 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 .
22 I began to approach the window .
23 I began to show the work of these young painters — Robin Dennys , Bernard Cohen , Bill Turnbull .
24 For the first time I began to recognize the power of the forces that Laura was summoning to her need .
25 I began to guess the quality of drifting
26 Locking the car , I began to climb the hill .
27 I began to write the book that had become my lifebelt .
28 And so in about three weeks I began to speak the language of Lilliput .
29 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 .
30 But the more I fished for bream and studied their behaviour the more I began to question the correctness of this theory , for I became aware that sizeable bream are rarely taken near to the margins .
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