Example sentences of "[noun] begin [to-vb] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he did so , his eyes began to widen in astonishment . |
| 2 | Instantly an uncontrollable tremor shook his mouth and his legs began to shiver in sympathy . |
| 3 | At the starter 's box , beside the 1st tee , ‘ casual ’ golfers began to gather in hope of a game . |
| 4 | When wood begins to fail in compression little lines of buckled fibres can just be seen running diagonally or across the grain but these are easily missed unless the surface is clean and you know what to look for . |
| 5 | Only then during the forward swing can the legs and hips begin to work in harmony with the upper body in generating clubhead speed . |
| 6 | Both coxes were warned again at the Crab Tree , where Cambridge began to show in front . |
| 7 | Insulted nature began to reply in kind and a growing audience emerged , particularly in the most industrialised societies of the USA and Europe , for dystopias such as Rachel Carson 's Silent Spring ( 1962 ) . |
| 8 | The sex difference begins to fade in postmenopausal women and disappears completely in older patients . |
| 9 | A mule began to bray in alarm and a Myrcan struck it at once with his staff until it fell silent , blood oozing from its nose . |
| 10 | Mary Neal began to call in doubt the authenticity of Kimber 's version of the dances , but Sharp used Kimber , who supported him throughout the battles , as his yardstick of what the morris should be . |
| 11 | Between 1980 and 1982 the CEGB 's experts began to look in detail at three areas in Dorset . |
| 12 | Their eyes migrated from the sides of their heads ( where their cousins still keep them ) , to look forward with acute stereoscopic vision , and their brains began to mushroom in proportion to their body-weight . |
| 13 | Roadways were widened to double their … size , sidewalks narrowed … pedestrians began to cower in fear against the walls of buildings . ’ |
| 14 | About 11.30 a.m. , the opening parade began to assemble in front of the castle . |
| 15 | The popular courts survived far longer , and the royal court remained stronger than elsewhere in northern Europe ; and in the twelfth century the royal court began to grow in importance , until in later centuries it swallowed the jurisdiction of most other courts . |
| 16 | ‘ Behaviour begins to improve in mid-life , by which time relationships , work patterns , social adjustment have all suffered , with implications for the next generation , ’ said Professor Stone . |
| 17 | As discounting become not merely prevalent but universal , the game began to turn in favour of the customer and against IBM . |
| 18 | Therefore professional ‘ management ’ people began to appear in funding agencies . |
| 19 | Sally began to tremble in earnest . |
| 20 | With the decline of the Elves and the Dwarfs new creatures began to grow in number and power . |
| 21 | While they ate , the Princesse and Jacob began to chat in French . |
| 22 | Disappointment and frustration began to accumulate in criticism of Buxton as parliamentary leader of the cause . |
| 23 | When her inner disquiet began to peak in case Ven Gajdusek might once again ‘ overlook ’ that he had agreed to see her , Fabia got out of her damp clothes and went to wash her hair and take a bath . |
| 24 | The question of priorities with Sweelinck is not easily solved for , whereas his vocal works began to appear in print in 1594 , none of his compositions for organ or harpsichord — by far the most important part of his output — were published while he was alive , and all but one of the five manuscript sources dating from his lifetime are English ; in fact the Fitzwilliam Book is the earliest . |
| 25 | The position began to improve in spring . |
| 26 | The reel began to screech in protest as a fine trout tore off into the distance , leaping spectacularly along the way . |
| 27 | As they did so , their mates began to squawk in alarm and encouragement . |
| 28 | Since a python 's skin begins to deteriorate in quality once it has grown to about fifteen feet the largest are left alone , which is just as well as each one must be caught at night , alive and by hand , with a lamp to attract them from their lairs , and at least four men to get them into the sack afterwards . |
| 29 | Backs begin to bite in time for Twickenham |
| 30 | I have just spent several hours glued to the television at a friend 's house , watching in horror as incomprehensible events began to unfold in South Central Los Angeles . |