Example sentences of "[noun prp] begin [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The eighth-century Northumbrian annals in the Historia Regum and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle D ( s.a. 761 ) show that Aethelwald Moll began to reign as king of Northumbria on 5 August 759 , and the battle of Eildon , which lasted from 6–9 August 761 , is described as taking place ‘ at the beginning ’ of his third year . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , in 1806 , staying at the house of his friend Sir George Beaumont , Wordsworth began to go to church again , even though he was not a regular attender . |
| 3 | Both coxes were warned again at the Crab Tree , where Cambridge began to show in front . |
| 4 | The more the USSR began to probe for influence in Iran and Turkey , and to try to exploit Anglo-American " capitalist contradictions " , the more London began to see possible advantages — for instance — in the spread of American oil interests in the Middle East . |
| 5 | Having painted as a child , Stewart began to experiment at college ( the American College of London ) by applying patterns to everything in sight , from folding screens to lamps , and floor cloths to cutlery handles . |
| 6 | The Hammers defence started to wobble and the Manor began to bubble with excitement . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | But the Church in Fulham began to think of Easter . |
| 9 | When Jo Spence began to experiment with phototherapy in the early 1980s , she led a radical departure in women 's photography from campaigning reportage to narratives of personal history and self image . |
| 10 | Brian began to complain of muscle pains and was put back on a low dose papaveretum infusion ( 2–4mg/hr ) . |
| 11 | Sally began to tremble in earnest . |
| 12 | Sally began to quiver with anger . |
| 13 | When other Orcs began to learn about metal working from the Chaos Dwarfs , a few tribes either missed out or deliberately turned their back on these new ways . |
| 14 | As her confidence grew , Constance began to talk with animation about her job at Maison de Levantiére , life with Louise and even some of her difficulties with her mother . |
| 15 | While they ate , the Princesse and Jacob began to chat in French . |
| 16 | Wycliffe began to feel at peace with himself and the world . |
| 17 | They turned into an alleyway off Friday Street and Cranston began to bellow at passersby for the whereabouts of Parchmeiner 's shop . |
| 18 | Sonny began to cry from pain and fear . |
| 19 | Leith began to recover from feeling shaken to realise that things had gone too far now for her to confess everything , but in any case she could n't do that , not when Rosemary and Travis were so insistent on secrecy . |
| 20 | Yvonne began to talk about Dad . |
| 21 | The second chute lasted all of half a minute , and when the third opened , Rostov began to think about landing . |
| 22 | They soon left the urban sprawl of roundabouts , sodium streetlights and Wimpey homes and Dexter began to speed along country lanes . |