Example sentences of "begin [to-vb] [noun] at [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Because family credit and housing benefit are withdrawn over a large band of income , and because low-income families begin to pay tax at a low threshold , there are now whole bands of income over which it is difficult for low-income families to improve their net income . |
| 2 | A. Discus would normally begin to display courtship at the age of nine months , so it is possible that all your Discus are of the same sex . |
| 3 | Indeed , it was an achievement that they managed it just long enough to clinch the Heineken title and then , once it did not matter any longer began to lose games at a rate that would have been unthinkable during the previous years of unbroken triumph . |
| 4 | Then in June he began to write cheques at a ‘ fast and furious pace ’ . |
| 5 | Heart pounding with excitement , he barged through the door and into the dock , where Germans both on the dockside and aboard the ships ran for cover , beginning to open fire at the intruders . |
| 6 | Now that some manufacturers , including Citroen and Vauxhall , are beginning to list diesels at the same price as petrol versions , the sums may swing even further in the diesel 's favour . |
| 7 | Already he was beginning to steal glances at the clock , comparing it needlessly with his own watch , missing bits of the film while he made rapid calculations as to whether he might conceivably be able to see Bridget home , and , when this had become out of the question , as to how long they would have to say good night at the hated corner . |
| 8 | Some managers began to express concern at the difficult position advisers would be in when working with the new social fund . |
| 9 | In the heady days immediately following the Keynesian revolution , many of Keynes 's followers began to express concern at the consequences which might flow from a commitment to full employment . |
| 10 | He raised the receiver to his ear and waited , his face pale in the subdued light of the room , impatience beginning to mark lines at the edge of his lips . |
| 11 | When she began to use contraception at the age of 42 she probably did so without her husband 's knowledge , but this would have been difficult for most working class women , given the lack of privacy in their homes . |
| 12 | When the German officer began to shout abuse at the Poles , this goat leant out of his window and shouted abuse at the German officer . |
| 13 | Luckily perhaps for those who believe in human free will , however , this was not the complete and only picture on offer when the social sciences began to take shape at the end of the eighteenth century . |
| 14 | A new defence doctrine began to take shape at the same time : it was intended to be non-offensive in character and to give other states no reason to fear for their security , notwithstanding the immense size of Soviet armed forces and the perceptions of those forces that were entertained particularly in Europe . |
| 15 | I then began to enter competitions at the age of seven , riding a Yamaha fifty with a five-speed gearbox . |
| 16 | In the 1890s purists began to make headway at a local level by persuading the police and the courts to support their programme . |
| 17 | From the late 1620s onwards , a significant number of courtiers had begun to attend mass at the queen 's chapel and a steady stream of them subsequently became converts to Roman Catholicism . |
| 18 | Thus , it was the accustomed pace of change rather than the fact of an early start , which had already begun to place Britain at a disadvantage in competition against her major rivals at the beginning of the present century . |
| 19 | As the weeks go by she begins to receive visitors at the refuge and when she begins to feel the marriage is over , with the workers ' help she starts negotiating with the council and housing associations for a new flat , although she also feels the refuge is home , a safe space that is becoming more and more difficult to leave . |