Example sentences of "began [to-vb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lights began to go on in the dark houses , and I relished my melancholy to the last drop . |
| 2 | Lights began to go on all over Princedale Road . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | Eventually a rumour began to go around that I was having an affair with one of my friends ' husband . |
| 5 | I began to go around following a teenage girl known as Crazy Eneas . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She kicked off the wellingtons , which was easy enough , and began to go up the ladder . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Soon the carvers were busy and the mound of teacakes began to go down , but not everyone was pleased with what they were given . |
| 10 | This is all the more surprising because almost from the start of this period the birthrates of many European countries began to go down . |
| 11 | Then our small boat began to go down and we found ourselves in the water . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | W what happened when things began to go down as regards the ships then ? |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I climbed into the boat and began to go back to where my friends were . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | They began to go out together . |
| 18 | I began to go out with some new friends . |
| 19 | When I was stronger , I began to go out again . |
| 20 | He stood and began to go out . |
| 21 | My husband told me I ought to be getting out more , so my friend and I began to go out once a fortnight . |
| 22 | In the square the torches began to go out , until there were only one or two left near the dais . |
| 23 | Mrs Corney , of course , did not notice this , but when the beadle 's arm began to slide around her waist , she felt she must make a small protest . |
| 24 | He climbed a short distance up the curve of the dome , then his feet lost their purchase and he began to slide back down again . |
| 25 | Bradford showed little of the enterprising approach that has been helping them shed a dour image this season , but it was not until the 64th minute that they began to slide out of the contest . |
| 26 | Steve began to slide out the hand holding something . |
| 27 | They were surprised to see leather helmets and the glitter of ranked steel among the rock-throwing denizens of the north bank and to receive several arrows , harmless in the teeth of the wind , as they began to swing round to the south shore to accomplish their landing . |
| 28 | ‘ Thanks , of course , to Carlo 's — uh — services , ’ said Gina , flicking a finger at one of her earrings which began to swing back and forth . |
| 29 | The Lout began to swing off his scooter . |
| 30 | With freight costs tending sharply upwards , many crude-oil buyers began to shop around for discounts : despite formal OPEC condemnation of breaches of price discipline , such buyers were not always disappointed . |