Example sentences of "began [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We did n't make Abisko , chickening out as the weather worsened and the forecasts began to sound even more dire . |
| 2 | From then on , as though that had conjured up a bleak picture of him never having a life with his love , he began to sound quite despairing . |
| 3 | It began to sound more serious than she had realised . |
| 4 | Lights began to go on in the dark houses , and I relished my melancholy to the last drop . |
| 5 | Lights began to go on all over Princedale Road . |
| 6 | ‘ Your virginal shyness when we were in bed together … ’ he began to go on , but Fabia just was n't ready for this conversation — she doubted that she ever would be . |
| 7 | " He turned and began to go away , but the captain of the guard became frightened and called him back . |
| 8 | Penny left home at 15 and married at 18 , having a baby quickly — and after what she says was a fairly happy period of her life , she began to go downhill fast . |
| 9 | My standing with Harold Wilson began to go downhill in the 1970s , not on personal grounds but because of what might be described as political differences . |
| 10 | Eventually a rumour began to go around that I was having an affair with one of my friends ' husband . |
| 11 | I began to go around following a teenage girl known as Crazy Eneas . |
| 12 | On one occasion , it began to go up when she wanted to go down ; another time , it refused to open and kept her prisoner for half an hour . |
| 13 | She kicked off the wellingtons , which was easy enough , and began to go up the ladder . |
| 14 | There is not much evidence that real wages in Europe began to go up significantly until the later part of the 1860s , but even before then the general feeling that times were improving was unmistakable in the developed countries , the contrast with the disturbed and desperate 1830s and 1840s was palpable . |
| 15 | Teenagers began to go there and drive their buggies round the docklands , round and round and round . |
| 16 | Soon the carvers were busy and the mound of teacakes began to go down , but not everyone was pleased with what they were given . |
| 17 | This is all the more surprising because almost from the start of this period the birthrates of many European countries began to go down . |
| 18 | Then our small boat began to go down and we found ourselves in the water . |
| 19 | As the sun began to go down , I wandered happily through the ruins until I came across a band of Timurid star-vaulting in one of the side chambers . |
| 20 | W what happened when things began to go down as regards the ships then ? |
| 21 | But — there it was , and I began to go down as quickly as possible but with difficulty , for there was almost a metre between rungs . |
| 22 | I climbed into the boat and began to go back to where my friends were . |
| 23 | ‘ Of course we did n't open the doors , ’ said Grimma , as the digger began to go faster . |
| 24 | Members began to go out into the country on day trips , and the first cricket match between two deaf clubs in the country , which later led to the formation of inter-institute sports activities of billiards , darts , and other sports , took place on 23rd July 1892 at Manchester between Manchester Deaf and Dumb Institute and the Bolton and Bury Institutes . |
| 25 | They began to go out together . |
| 26 | I began to go out with some new friends . |
| 27 | When I was stronger , I began to go out again . |
| 28 | He stood and began to go out . |
| 29 | My husband told me I ought to be getting out more , so my friend and I began to go out once a fortnight . |
| 30 | In the square the torches began to go out , until there were only one or two left near the dais . |