Example sentences of "[noun sg] began [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Englishman 's cup of char began as a Chinese word for tea , but came west via north India 's chai . |
| 2 | Each section of the album began with a key image . |
| 3 | I remind myself that this entire industry began with a single act of rebellion against the management Upstairs . |
| 4 | The riot began as a peaceful protest march over the killing , but violence erupted after police prevented the marchers from approaching the precinct house of the officer who had fired the fatal shots . |
| 5 | Work in the Modern Studies department began with an experimental datafile based on " Parliament " in 1983-4 and is gradually extending to cover the proposed Standard Grade framework . |
| 6 | The programme began with an initial ice-breaker and a video about the condition . |
| 7 | This chapter began with a young teacher from London moving to Somerset ; it ends with his son and daughter-in-law seeking a new life in California . |
| 8 | According to these learned fellows , the universe began with a violent explosion . |
| 9 | Although the 600 participants disagreed about much , they were almost unanimous in one belief : the universe began in a big bang . |
| 10 | The conference began on a rainy morning during the last week of March 1923 in the somewhat unlikely setting of the drawing room — a venue chosen to accommodate the ‘ off the record ’ nature of many of the attendances . |
| 11 | War began with an unsuccessful attempt to return to the city-plundering strategy of the previous century , went on with a great commerce-raiding voyage round the world by Anson , and ( not before it had at last ended the trading career of the South Sea Company ) was swallowed up by the more far-flung clash of British and French . |
| 12 | Internationalising the business began from a small export basis ( 15 per cent of sales ) , together with continued use of Wellcome 's sales force in Ireland and elsewhere as the vaccines were transferred to Medeva . |
| 13 | The coup began with a late night mutiny at the Frères military training camp , east of the capital Port-au-Prince , where heavy fighting was reported . |
| 14 | Their case began in an industrial tribunal in 1986 , went to the European Court and was finally ruled on in April 1991 . |
| 15 | This course began with an all day Saturday event looking at learning styles and modes of behaviour using a variety of psychometric tests . |
| 16 | A Standing Conference on Dance in Higher Education began with a wide membership , but contraction by the end of the 1970s left the organization with a much depleted membership . |
| 17 | In the church where I was converted , the service began with a muffled announcement from the back , followed by a lengthy hymn during which thirty men and women in long blue dresses , white nightshirts and yellowing ruffs walked up and down the various corridors in the building singing at the top of their voices . |
| 18 | My own interest in meat began as a general curiosity concerning our seemingly confused attitudes to this seminal substance , and a wish to sort the complex ideas into some sort of pattern . |
| 19 | I 've got to say that I did enjoy this outing ; although the day began with a freezing start it warmed up later and I had a pleasant time working amongst the iron and other junk that abounds on the riverside . |
| 20 | The day began with a traditional Shinto ceremony to invite the ‘ Kami ’ ( gods ) to ward off evil spirits and to bring good fortune and prosperity to KITEC . |
| 21 | MOLLY SCRUTTON 's interest in movement began at an early age and led her to join a junior dance group and later a gymnastics club . |
| 22 | The debate began with a 40-minute speech from the hon. Member for Tooting ( Mr. Cox ) which was nothing but a litany of unsupported assertions . |
| 23 | BELOW This portrait sketch on bleedproof marker paper began as a loose drawing in cool grey 01 — just visible around the unfinished hand . |
| 24 | The fourth-round replay began at a frantic pace and burst into life after 12 minutes . |
| 25 | Strangely , his career began with a considerable upset . |
| 26 | With a lot at stake for both sides the game began at a frantic pace with a goal arriving at each end in the first ten minutes . |
| 27 | Her government began with a huge surrender , the quite unexpected settlement in which she acquiesced which ended the long-running saga of British relations with the former Southern Rhodesia , now renamed Zimbabwe . |
| 28 | At 8.30 pm on most Fridays of the year recording began on a new episode . |
| 29 | They booked time in several prestigious London studios and enlisted the help of producer Chris Allison , with whom they had first worked six months previously on ‘ My Favourite Dress ’ , but the recording began on a sour note and remained agitated throughout . |
| 30 | His journey began with a six-hour walk in the rain and snow across the heath to Hoovegeen . |