Example sentences of "begin [v-ing] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Antony grinned in resignation at Connon and began searching for the tablecloth . |
| 2 | Everyone in the class started laughing and the teacher began searching for the culprit . |
| 3 | The Marines did n't wait to be told twice , but simply began running for the door , firing as they went . |
| 4 | The couple began fighting for the right to keep children Moses , 14 , Dylan , seven and Satchel , four , after Mia revealed Allen 's affair with her adopted daughter Soon-Yi . |
| 5 | He began digging for the pipe , which was expected to be about half a metre down . |
| 6 | Mrs Frost began working for the education authority in 1943 , carrying out secretarial work in the area office . |
| 7 | After paying for her younger sister 's lavish wedding last autumn he had begun saving for the world cruise he had promised her mother for their thirtieth wedding anniversary . |
| 8 | Some banks have begun touting for the business of processing for rivals . |
| 9 | Moore , rare for those days , a declared homosexual , had , after a period running a Dublin detective agency , begun directing for the Traverse . |
| 10 | Work began on the reorganisation in August last year and electricians have begun preparing for the computer terminals . |
| 11 | Next week she begins interviewing for the post of principal development officer . |