Example sentences of "[was/were] beginning [to-vb] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | And when they hit me with the INSET thing it was the summer term , the first half of the summer term and I was beginning to fray at the edges , as far as I 'd just got things going , and it was just like something else on top of a lot of pressure already . |
2 | The heat was beginning to go off the streets and the shadows were creeping out from the walls . |
3 | She was beginning to tire on the stairs . |
4 | The late morning sun was beginning to break through the clouds . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | Dawn was beginning to appear through the trees . |