Example sentences of "begin [to-vb] [adv prt] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And already the thin strands of cloud , the outer rings of the immense , whirling storm , begin to drift over the southern islands — Po Toi , Sung Kong , Waglan Island , the Ninepins — and the wind and the waves begin to bustle about in the harbours . |
| 2 | The immediate task was then to get a secure temporary roof across the whole building so that the interior could begin to dry out in the spring . |
| 3 | Lights began to go on in the dark houses , and I relished my melancholy to the last drop . |
| 4 | There was no immediate sign of an answer , but after Creggan had given up any hope of a reply and was looking at the path lights beginning to come on in the Park outside the Zoo there was a subtle shift of talons in Slorne 's cage , a gentle shift of wings , the swiftest of meek glances , and Creggan , too late to catch the look full on , yet sensed that in her mute way Slorne was saying ‘ Yes , oh yes , you were right to predict her return ’ This knowledge that another eagle there believed his prediction had been right gave Creggan comfort in those first weeks in the Cages . |
| 5 | She began to scrabble about in the dirt . |
| 6 | Six miles away , at the mouth of the estuary , the four big transporters , converted specially for the task , lifted one by one from the pad and began to form up in a line across the river . |
| 7 | After several more rounds , things began to warm up in the ‘ Barge ’ public bar . |
| 8 | As we saw in section 2.5 , the sectoral spatial division of labour was already beginning to break down in the UK during the post-war years when Fordism is supposed to have been at its height . |
| 9 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that it is a tragedy if law and order is beginning to break down in the north of Somalia , in what is , after all , the old British Somaliland and is now known to local people as Somaliland ? |
| 10 | It began to break down in the post-war years and during that period , too , the concentration of control functions in London also began to increase . |
| 11 | There were hundreds of different languages spoken on the Australian continent when the Europeans began to take over in the late eighteenth century . |
| 12 | ‘ … the idea of pedestrian/vehicle segregation began to take off in the 1950s and much of the pioneer work was done in the new towns . |
| 13 | There are signs that latent defects insurance , such as that recommended in the BUILD report , is beginning to take off in the insurance market . |
| 14 | Cricket was just beginning to take off in the mid-19th century . |
| 15 | For six months Pakistan 's governments have been preoccupied with intrigue , and it may be that their carefree attitude to running the country is beginning to show up in the figures . |
| 16 | Under the Act , regional councils no longer have the power to coordinate bus services in their area , with the result that gaps have begun to open up in the bus network throughout Scotland . |
| 17 | When you 've made a physical space — a table and a chair — for your writer-self , you will find that an inner space begins to open up in the imagination . |