Example sentences of "begin [to-vb] in [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The billhook had sliced into his naked thigh and , turning , she saw the great curve of red blood begin to bubble in the air , saw him slowly sink like a wounded animal , his hands plucking the air . |
| 2 | More or less as soon as the subject has settled into Stage 2 sleep , at the beginning of the night , larger slow waves begin to appear in the EEG , whose frequency is less than 2Hz . |
| 3 | Others never seem to be fully awake until midday but begin to sparkle in the evening , their ideal time for decisive action and clear thinking . |
| 4 | In their second year these children become able to walk , they leave the hut and begin to participate in the life outside . |
| 5 | ( Echoes of Evelyn Waugh 's Ishmaelite consul-general begin to flutter in the ear : ‘ As that great Negro , Karl Marx , has so nobly written … ‘ ) |
| 6 | ‘ People get hooked , ’ he wrote , ‘ they begin to behave in a way that resembles addiction . |
| 7 | Some animals feed on living plants ; even if no animals come at first they may come later if plants begin to grow in the microhabitat . |
| 8 | Once this is done , Japan 's electronics companies will begin to compete in a market that is only just emerging — selling software packages for personal computers . |
| 9 | Business Technology : Writs begin to fly in the battle of the 32-bits |
| 10 | As the storm grows , cracks begin to develop in the stone of the Castle , radiating out from the point where the weather-vane was fixed to the Tower . |
| 11 | A patient may be so anxious that he can not begin to act in a way which would resolve his problems . |
| 12 | But then — if we are taking our time and stay to look at the town as a whole , walk around it in the cool and quiet of the evening when the shops are shut , and the traffic has gone home , and we can really see its contours and its bone-structure — other questions begin to arise in the mind , which even the best of guide-books does not answer . |
| 13 | First , dark clouds begin to boil in the sky , and lightning starts to crackle and fizz . |
| 14 | For a long moment their eyes remained locked in a fierce battle , until Ace 's image began to shimmer in a sort of haze in front of her , then , quite without warning , Kate passed out ; a great wave of blackness overwhelmed her , pushing all hurt and troubled feelings aside . |
| 15 | And then raindrops began to fall in the sand all around him . |
| 16 | They were running through thickly forested country , and tension began to mount in the car . |
| 17 | The Butcher grunted and began to rummage in a metal box . |
| 18 | We can only freely give ourselves to someone else when we are ‘ real persons ’ — just as Harry was beginning to see in the play . |
| 19 | The scenery was fascinating ; mountains were beginning to appear in the distance , beckoning to her with a blue , misty enchantment , to which she responded with a longing she could n't believe she possessed . |
| 20 | Much the same is true of the UK , although a few case-studies of school-based evaluation activities are beginning to appear in the literature . |
| 21 | The qualities of independence , singularity of viewpoint , and readiness to move far afield in pursuit of his inner wishes ( a characteristic of his father 's early career ) were beginning to appear in the son . |
| 22 | The very day that we began to meet in the community centre where we are based , three mothers with their children began to attend . |
| 23 | Then he began to tumble in the air and reality took over . |
| 24 | She then stood next to the telephone box , her stomach beginning to tighten in a way which was becoming sickeningly familiar . |
| 25 | She felt uneasy again , some electricity beginning to leap in the air between their locked eyes . |
| 26 | Rumours began to appear in the press concerning differences between the American State and War departments over policy regarding Japan . |
| 27 | Other executive agents began to appear in the course of the sixteenth century . |
| 28 | LASMO Oilers ' captain , Peter Coote from graphics , explained : ‘ The problem was that bubbles began to appear in the ice — one of the refrigerant pipes had leaked or burst . |
| 29 | Soon , and no doubt inevitably , some more substantial specks of cloud began to appear in the sky . |
| 30 | When , therefore , the government obliged the gentry to put their views on paper , chinks began to appear in the armour of gentry intransigence . |