Example sentences of "[pron] began [to-vb] [conj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I began to imagine that the landlord , being about to emigrate , might murder us to get our money … ’ and claims that Johnson had entertained the same fears , although Johnson never mentions such thoughts . |
| 2 | The current was starting to tip the canoe over and I began to panic as the boat was filling up rapidly and I tried my best to bail it out with my hands but had little success . |
| 3 | She began to wonder if the relationship was not , very very slowly , dying a natural death , and whether it would not be sensible to terminate it quickly . |
| 4 | She began to wonder if the woman who had sent the box-message had tricked her here into this dead-end room . |
| 5 | It was during that discussion that ( I think ) some of them began to appreciate that the existence of a form in the language is no guarantee that is used . |
| 6 | The men about me began to shout as the line reached the first houses and a cheer came back . |
| 7 | With some hindsight we began to realise that the design and control of large systems can not be successfully accomplished without exceedingly large quantities of information . |
| 8 | As one course followed another we began to wonder whether the meal would ever end . |
| 9 | We began to realize that the period of greatest prosperity and rebuilding was after AD 380 . |
| 10 | Eventually we began to feel that the Inspector had at least some leanings towards our point of view . |
| 11 | He began to speculate that the ley was marked with hawthorns on the lower ground , pines on the higher ground , and that the double planting around the tumulus was to mark the changeover . |
| 12 | Meanwhile he began to suspect that the Shipping Federation was buying up the union 's debts . |