Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [conj] began [to-vb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he bent down and began to force his way through the undergrowth he could taste alcohol in his mouth . |
| 2 | But when she got outside and began to rearrange her belongings to fit more neatly in the bicycle basket , Elisabeth Danziger found a bar of fleur-de-lis soap and a cube of rose geranium bath crystals in her hand . |
| 3 | When she was fully rested they ate a meagre meal , conserving their supplies of meat and berries for the arduous journey ahead , then mounted up and began to pick their way carefully through the snow tracks in the wood . |
| 4 | The ratbird climbed on and began to preen its fur unconcernedly . |
| 5 | The hockey players trooped off and began to make their way back towards the clubhouse . |
| 6 | Suddenly he leapt up and began to push his way violently across the great burrow . |
| 7 | Robyn stretched again and began to put her equipment away . |
| 8 | His hands swept down and began to remove their clothes , first his own and then hers , and he had been right , his fingers did fumble a little , but she did n't mind that . |
| 9 | Paul sat down and began to make his way through the pile of unread papers on the table . |
| 10 | When he lowered Grainne on to the pile of thick fur rugs before the fire , he was trembling , but when he stood up and began to unfasten his own clothes , he did so with a calm sureness and a gentle authority . |
| 11 | Miss Ellis stood up and began to button her coat . |