Example sentences of "[noun] began [to-vb] and the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Hazel still went up , the south wind began to blow and the June sunset reddened the sky to the zenith . |
| 2 | It drifted and swirled about him , making him peaceful and tired , until his sense of loss began to go and the night was no longer awesome , for he had the protection of a Callanish eagle near him , and that gave him peace to rest and sleep at last … |
| 3 | When the sun began to sink and the evening grew cold , they stripped their clothes from the thorn trees , collected together their pans and bamboo brooms and set out across the bridge for home . |
| 4 | As she trudged awkwardly up the valley road her feet began to sweat and the toes rubbed painfully against each other . |
| 5 | However , as the project came to a close the total budget provided in the grant for support workers began to dwindle and the development officers were instructed to make careful calculations of their expenditure in order not to exceed the total available . |
| 6 | Warm rain began to fall and the land came to life . |
| 7 | Then the fingers began to move and the piano got louder and stopped with a final note as the hand fell on to the floor . |
| 8 | As the Oaks moved again , the wounds yawned and slowly , slowly , inch by terrible inch , they gaped wider and skin began to tear and the muscle and bone began to part with a sound that made Floy and Snodgrass both feel sick . |
| 9 | Jess began to shake and the sobs she 'd encouraged broke out with fresh vigour and real conviction . |
| 10 | Soon the traffic began to thin and the road became a long straight fenland route with occasional trees and sporadic bungalows slipping into the dykes . |
| 11 | The slope down to Rock Creek began to steepen and the shops thinned out as they moved away from the centre . |
| 12 | After a time Milhaez began to sing and the boat seemed to be carried upriver on his voice . |
| 13 | Managers came and went at an alarming rate ; there was Board Room take-over ; gates began to dwindle and the Palace were candidates for relegation from well before Christmas . |
| 14 | By 1919 the number of soldiers began to decrease and the numbers of unemployed to increase . |
| 15 | At a certain point in the ceremony the rhythm of the weeping began to change and the tears were replaced by laughter and sometimes a kind of ecstatic , even erotic frenzy . |