Example sentences of "[conj] began [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The picture that began to emerge in the early 1980s was not encouraging . |
| 2 | The two main rivals that began to emerge in the early 1980s were Thomson , the traditional market leader , and Intasun , a fast growing holiday and leisure group of companies . |
| 3 | A blue Mini arrived and began manoeuvring into the limited space remaining as Melissa picked her way along the uneven path and knocked on the door of number three . |
| 4 | My presence disturbed them and they flew screaming about me for many minutes until they tired and began to settle on the dark water . |
| 5 | Other guests now rose to leave and the two English envoys got up and began to move amongst the different groups . |
| 6 | Steve pulled the duvet over the two of them and began fiddling with the remote control . |
| 7 | On reaching the fire , Joseph jumped out and began wheeling off the thick long hose pipe from the engine . |
| 8 | He took a small pin from the sleeve of his doublet and began to scrape between the yellow stumps until he extracted small , grey fragments still wet with mucus . |
| 9 | The porter fell to his knees and began to scrabble at the soft soil next to the wooden scaffold pole . |
| 10 | Where or with whom James received his training is not known , but by 1783 he was established in London ; and in that year he announced himself by publishing a pamphlet on A Method of Constructing Vapour Baths , and began to exhibit at the Royal Academy . |
| 11 | ‘ Come on , then , ’ he said quietly , and began to jog down the bloody street . |
| 12 | He found Carter 's knife in his pocket and began hacking through the silky bonds . |
| 13 | In the early 1950s he used his creation to improve the size of the Aberdeen Angus and began to outcross with the red Beevbilde to produce a new breed of black beef cattle which combined Angus quality with the Lincoln 's fast weight gains . |
| 14 | But after a while she wanted a change from her routine and began to go on the weekly trips regularly . |
| 15 | Mr Kronweiser sprang into his earlier stance of crouching flabby tiger , then with a deprecatory smile he relaxed stiffly and began rummaging in the top drawer . |
| 16 | Kirov stepped into the street and began crossing towards the open park on the opposite side . |
| 17 | Some Australians came out of the shower room and began arguing with the merry sub-human guard : |
| 18 | The demons noticed the injured body and began to fly over the struggling figure . |
| 19 | The volatile combination of passion and laughter was so overwhelming that Virginia shut her eyes and tangled her fingers in the ruffled dark hair and began to drown in the exquisite taste and texture and sensation of kissing Guy and being kissed back very comprehensively in return . |
| 20 | Gedge was keen to keep parents and old friends informed and began corresponding with the local paper , The Middleton Guardian . |
| 21 | Presently a hungry bear came along and began to sniff round the frightened horse . |
| 22 | But she simply ignored him as she always had and began to practise with the yellow-haired vibrancer who 'd been with Jeopardy in Mandru 's salon on the morning Lucien had met the master . |
| 23 | Once they had reached the spiky barrier Trentham changed direction and began to crawl along the German side of the fence searching for a breach in the wire between them and safety . |
| 24 | The Director paused and watched the scene below for a few thoughtful seconds , as a squad of house servants bagged and carried out the human remains , and began stripping off the blood-soaked canvas cover from the padded squares underneath , removing it for cleaning . |
| 25 | Miguel slipped off his casual shoes and began to pull on the black cuban-heeled boots he picked up from the floor . |
| 26 | She hesitated , thought ‘ In for a penny , In for a pound ! ’ and began to walk towards the ramshackle bungalow behind the stables . |
| 27 | Dunlop cheese was produced on most Ayrshire farms right into the 20th century but began to decline after the Scottish Milk Marketing Board was set up in 1933 . |