Example sentences of "begin [to-vb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was about half-way across when I felt the rear begin to swing sideways under the weight of the torrent . |
| 2 | Levels of enquiries are beginning to show some early signs of improvement , but any benefit from this will not begin to flow through until the second quarter of 1993 at the earliest . |
| 3 | Another type of chart helps parents begin to stand back from the emotional reactions they have and see what is happening with their child . |
| 4 | These ideas are plausible as far as they go , but I find that they do not begin to square up to the formidable challenge of explaining culture , cultural evolution , and the immense differences between human cultures around the world , from the utter selfishness of the Ik of Uganda , as described by Colin Turnbull , to the gentle altruism of Margaret Mead 's Arapesh . |
| 5 | It 's only as you begin to come out of the Ketamine state that you begin to appreciate where you are or where you 've been . |
| 6 | Booksellers should begin to look seriously at the possibilities of stocking multimedia products , or run the risk of losing out to consumer electronics retailers and an erosion of their market . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He breathed a sigh of relief as he heard Corbett begin to play gently on the lute he always carried , a sign his master was content , reflecting on his own secret thoughts and not keeping a wary eye on him . |
| 9 | It is for this reason that we decided not to input existing historical information to our CPIS ( though historical information would begin to build up from the launch date of the system , so providing an accurate historical background to an individual employee record ) . |
| 10 | Individual chats by the coronary nurse and by the physiotherapists in the coronary unit can be supplemented by educational videos , so that the patients can begin to understand more about the nature of the condition . |
| 11 | Only as we begin to respond personally to the text 's content and open ourselves to its message ( irrespective of whether the consequence of this is an acceptance , modification , or rejection of it ) do we go beyond a mere decoding or perception of the words and begin to perceive meanings . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | They should begin to learn explicitly about the uses of the apostrophe and the exclamation mark . |
| 14 | As the roots begin to break out of the grains the barley is transferred to a vast hall heated with warm air and turned by large malt shovels . |
| 15 | What we 're saying on the whole is that we , we are moving south erm militarily we , we now control most of north China , we begin to move on to the into areas of very high tenancy where landlordism was thought to be at its extreme but all we 're doing is reducing rents and interest rents . |
| 16 | The cells of the future lens actively elongate and then begin to fold inwards towards the eye , in a manner not unlike the early formation of the gut in sea-urchins . |
| 17 | Lights began to go on in the dark houses , and I relished my melancholy to the last drop . |
| 18 | My standing with Harold Wilson began to go downhill in the 1970s , not on personal grounds but because of what might be described as political differences . |
| 19 | Members began to go out into the country on day trips , and the first cricket match between two deaf clubs in the country , which later led to the formation of inter-institute sports activities of billiards , darts , and other sports , took place on 23rd July 1892 at Manchester between Manchester Deaf and Dumb Institute and the Bolton and Bury Institutes . |
| 20 | It was only when he was confronted by God , broken and forced to give up his pride , that he began to see clearly for the first time the vast difference between living a self-directed life and living for God . |
| 21 | Bradford showed little of the enterprising approach that has been helping them shed a dour image this season , but it was not until the 64th minute that they began to slide out of the contest . |
| 22 | They were surprised to see leather helmets and the glitter of ranked steel among the rock-throwing denizens of the north bank and to receive several arrows , harmless in the teeth of the wind , as they began to swing round to the south shore to accomplish their landing . |
| 23 | Gazing idly over the rolling green lawns , she watched the red glow of the sun , slowly beginning to sink down over the horizon . |
| 24 | His hat tipped off and began to bowl away in the wind . |
| 25 | From about 1883 , when Field-Marshal von Waldersee , the chief of the general staff , developed an active interest in foreign policy , they began to report directly to the general staff and , encouraged by Waldersee , to the emperor himself . |
| 26 | As the day wore on they heard everywhere around them the rill of running water , and grass began to poke up through the snow in clumps . |
| 27 | On his dignity , Kenamun was beginning to sound increasingly like the petty official made good which he was at heart . |
| 28 | The United States continued with its permissive monetary policies and dollar outflows began to mount again in the second half of 1972 . |
| 29 | He began to search irritably for the key . |
| 30 | Soon , though , lava began to flow freely from the fissure , quite quietly and in much greater volumes than in the first phase . |