Example sentences of "began [verb] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Began to see last night , he wrote , that duck-rabbit effect only variant on boxing-match . |
| 2 | The G7 nations began pressing last year for international laws aimed at protecting the world 's forests , but North and South have remained divided over should foot the bill . |
| 3 | Halfway through their feeding by the two adult bluetits , a pair of blackbirds appeared on the scene … and began to provide second helpings to every meal ! |
| 4 | From this age group , the level began to increase first slowly ( infant mortality at the maternal age group 30–34 was lower than in the age group 20–24 ) and from age 35 more rapidly , although the mortality of infants born to women in the 35–39 years old group was not much higher than in the age group 20–24 which is often considered as the prime time for reproduction . |
| 5 | The first difficulties began to appear last year after the Mazowiecki government , without consulting the public or the parliament , decreed that children should be taught religion in schools , in effect making Catholicism close to a state religion . |
| 6 | Digital cameras and digital video cameras began to appear last year . |
| 7 | Thomas , from Blackhall , County Durham , and 15-year-old Joanne Lackenby began dating last Christmas and saw each until May . |
| 8 | PSCs were initially absent from all the simulations but began to form first with doubled CO 2 just before day 20 ( 4 January ) and about 10 days later with current CO 2 For three of the simulations the area of PSCs reached a maximum at about day 50 ( 3 February ) before reducing rapidly to zero by early March , corresponding to the rapid increase in temperatures in Fig. 1 . |
| 9 | The survey found that half of the UK 's knacker businesses have gone bankrupt since they began charging last July . |
| 10 | MORE than 500 , UNISON members began voting last week to decide on industrial action over the government 's 1 . |
| 11 | The theft rate began to drop first in the Interior region and then in the Intermediate area . |
| 12 | In Downing Street , the Cabinet began to have second thoughts . |
| 13 | Benny realized with a shock that he meant it , and began to have second thoughts . |
| 14 | For the first time Shannon began to have second thoughts about the trip . |
| 15 | Praeiectus , however , although he was one of the five , began to have second thoughts , because of a vision which his mother had had , forecasting a great ecclesiastical career . |
| 16 | With OEM deals already struck at Hewlett-Packard Co and Silicon Graphics Inc , Natick , Massachusetts-based Atria Software Inc , developer of ClearCase , a Unix software configuration management system which began shipping last month , has raised $4.1m in a second round of venture funding : two of the firms , Marix Partners and Sigma Partners were original investors in Atria back in 1990 , they 're joined by Highland Capital Partners and Morgenthaler Ventures . |
| 17 | Developers kits began shipping last November ( UX No 362 ) when HP promised to have the end-user version ready by June . |
| 18 | Monktonhall Mineworkers Ltd began to operate last year when 160 miners each invested £10,000 to reopen the pit . |