Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] beginning [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The scenery was fascinating ; mountains were beginning to appear in the distance , beckoning to her with a blue , misty enchantment , to which she responded with a longing she could n't believe she possessed . |
| 2 | And and er and there er I began to learn what the what what things were beginning to happen in the coal fields . |
| 3 | Deprived of the fertilisers so essential to the poor soil , German farms were beginning to conform to the law of diminishing returns . |
| 4 | Already early on this Saturday morning he and his pupils were beginning to prepare for the banquet in the Imperial kitchens . |
| 5 | Henry III 's heart might , literally , be in Anjou , but ‘ by the end of his reign [ he ] was indisputably an English king and men were beginning to think of the Plantagenets as an English dynasty ’ . |
| 6 | Soldiers were beginning to look at the clock and fumble with equipment , apparently preparing for a guard change . |
| 7 | The bookshop was still open , and now , in addition to the paperbacks , the little magazines , and the Village Voice , the new wave of American papers was beginning to appear on the shelves . |
| 8 | Rumours were beginning to circulate at the time , concerning Robert Dudley and Her Sovereign Majesty , Elizabeth 1 . |