Example sentences of "[noun] began [verb] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His fingers began to scrabble at the coarse edge of the steel plate . |
| 2 | News of the victory spread as the clans began to muster at the appointed time at Glenfinnan , which , with the mountains rising all around the tranquil waters of the loch , provided an intensely dramatic setting for the formal beginning of the campaign . |
| 3 | The first batch of five coolies were flung face downward in the red dirt , and under the direction of the burly figure of Phat , half a dozen of his subordinates began lashing at the exposed soles of their bare feet . |
| 4 | My brain began to overheat at the sheer scale of the disaster that had just overtaken me . |
| 5 | It was thus a new phenomenon when , during the winter and early spring of 1976 , outspoken resolutions on law and order began to arrive at the Presbyterian central office in Belfast from congregations and presbyteries across the country . |