Example sentences of "[conj] started [verb] it [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fortunately , the corner hedge of an adjacent field was in a direct line with the site , so I moved forward a few paces , switched on my metal detector and started swinging it in an arc before me . |
| 2 | Afghans have always killed each other in a small way , and started to do it in a big way only when foreign armies , money and weapons became involved . |
| 3 | She put her hand up to her veil and started to chew it through the material . |
| 4 | Lacuna took it , held it above her head , and started to slide it into the implant . |
| 5 | She wondered what they would make of it as she got out the vacuum cleaner and started to run it over the drawing-room carpet . |