Example sentences of "[noun prp] began [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With cold and deliberate fury , Bernice began to explain to the scientist exactly what she thought of his ‘ opinion ’ . |
| 2 | The Chronicle A ( s.a. 685 ) says that Caedwalla began to contend for the kingship in 685 , but it was not until 686 that he established himself as king over the western Saxons . |
| 3 | It was that time of year when England began to prepare for the Guy Fawkes celebrations of 5 November . |
| 4 | As soon as she 'd gone , Flavia Sherman began to fumble with the buckle of her belt ; but her hands shook uncontrollably and it took her a long time to undress . |
| 5 | Ray began to make for the door . |
| 6 | After it was over the poet W.B. Yeats began to reflect on the significance of the rebellion and the subsequent executions . |
| 7 | Beside him , Clarac began to talk about the progress they had made , the difficulties they had overcome , but Berdichev was hardly listening . |
| 8 | Hamburg and Bremen had become great oceanic ports , and France and Germany began to compete in the ocean liner traffic ; soon there were regular services to every part of the world . |
| 9 | As Liberal Democrat leader John Pugh began to speak on the issue at Southport Town Hall he referred to a note from chief executive Graham Haywood . |
| 10 | Thus MLF began to disappear from the agenda . |
| 11 | Tug sat down where the Woman pointed , but Doyle began to walk round the room , peering at the table from all angles . |
| 12 | The competitive position of the UK began to improve from the middle of the 1980s , with the rate of stamp duty being cut from 2% to 1% in April 1984 and to 0.5% in October 1986 . |
| 13 | Thiercelin began to nudge through the crowd of idlers around the stage door , leaving his friend gazing stoically after him in the late evening rain . |
| 14 | Times have changed since Naipaul began to write about the societies of the Caribbean : these are now less apt to seem , to the outsider , petty and remote . |
| 15 | Mr Thabane began to push past the throng in the entranceway . |
| 16 | Hesketh backed him , Horsley ( intelligently ) moved into team-managing and Hunt began to finish in the points . |
| 17 | Radicals from across London , Britain , and Europe began to pour into the college to observe , participate , or make unsuccessful attempts to take the struggle into the correct channels . |
| 18 | Almost simultaneously , under Ferdinand of Aragon , Miguel Perez de Alamàn began to specialise in the control and direction of relations with other states in a way which made him probably the nearest approach to a minister of foreign affairs hitherto seen anywhere in Europe . |
| 19 | So Montblanc began to specialize in the Safety pen , in which the whole nib section could be screwed back into the barrel , thereby sealing the ink container like a cork in a bottle . |
| 20 | Miss Logan began to reflect upon the changes in her employer since they had arrived on the mountain . |
| 21 | As a result of her prosperity , uncertain though it often appeared , Catalonia began to appear as the model and exemplar of mercantile and industrial civilization , a role that was to bring her into sharp conflict with traditional values and interests . |
| 22 | A rigid political system dominated by the PL and PSC began to fragment with the success of other parties in the May presidential elections [ for killings of presidential candidates and campaign see pp. 36844 ; 37312 ; 37371-72 ; 37450-51 ] and the establishment of a new 73-member National Constituent Assembly , elected in December and inaugurated in March 1991 [ see pp. 37450 ; 37914 ; 38001 ] . |
| 23 | Ariel began to communicate with the strangers in English ; she told Kit about the hot springs up the mountain , hoping he would let her go there . |
| 24 | Ariel began to long for the peace the latter draughts brought to her . |
| 25 | The work continued all morning , and Tess began to glance towards the hill . |
| 26 | In the next few days Creggan began to learn about the Zoo in which he was now imprisoned . |
| 27 | As we crossed ground that became increasingly boggy , the vegetation increasingly salt-spattered and sparse , Tony began to enthuse on the likelihood of our seeing geese and red-necked phalaropes . |