Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] beginning [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 When Seb was beginning to worry about the task , Carrie arrived at the farm , carried there on the back of a horse ridden by her father .
2 We can only freely give ourselves to someone else when we are ‘ real persons ’ — just as Harry was beginning to see in the play .
3 Even Serrano was beginning to toy with the idea of a monarchist restoration , albeit under Falangist tutelage .
4 About that time Ossett was beginning to grow with the expansion of the woollen industry , but it was the discovery of ‘ shoddy ’ and ‘ mungo ’ which revolutionised industry in the town .
5 Dawn was beginning to appear through the trees .
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