Example sentences of "i start [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 I started riding on the buses in August and did it until November .
2 I heard , when I started looking into the project at first that erm , the women used to do most of the weaving but you do n't actually do the weaving now , and they used to basically you know make up the , the larger part of the work force , is that the case now ?
3 I started searching around the shower area as I had planned earlier and immediately heard a signal indicating a quarter-sized coin , 3in down .
4 Erm I went to , as a private nurse , I started training in the North Middlesex then I did children 's training in the Children 's Aid Society .
5 When I started stravaiging about the bens and glens more than 50 years ago , I had never heard the name Munro applied to a hill .
6 ‘ My wife noticed when I started practising on the lounge carpet after Sunday lunch that I was also behind my arms .
7 I did a lot of homework when I started working on the script .
8 I 'd never even heard of Killerton until I started working for the Trust , but when I was at Drogo I used to come across here fairly regularly because of the regional office being here and because I was just interested .
9 When I started refereeing in the 1960s the props ' attitude was : ‘ I may go backwards in a scrummage , but I will never go down ’ .
10 Thirty years on I saw it again , when I started going to the Aegean .
11 Just move onto the next one then media trainer I started talking to the training school about doing some training for officers it started with C I D cos you often find that a D S is an acting D I and when we asked them to do an interview about a crime or incident they say we 've not done radio interviews before , so Phil has er supported it and we 're gon na run some sort of training scheme one day courses for them .
12 Okay this er this lecture is called multiple government and the federal system and it flows directly from the last lecture when I started talking about the er the constitution and about the principles and the values that erm form the American system .
13 When I was ready , I started walking into the shallow water away from Blefuscu .
14 But when I started walking across the table to the farmer , his youngest son , a boy of about ten , picked me up by the legs .
15 Suddenly I start puking into the road , but nothing comes up except this slimy stuff .
16 I 've got a calendar from the day I start shooting , and I start crossing off the days the way I did at high school , waiting for summer vacation to begin . ’
17 I start edging round the table when I see little Darius gleaming in the doorway .
18 I have a think for a bit , then I start walking up the street I 'm on .
19 However , as I start walking in the direction of the lake he merely steps into stride .
20 He seems to assume I 'm about as liberal-minded as Genghis Khan and the annoying thing is , when he talks to me , I start sounding like the worst sort of reactionary .
21 I used to be able to , but just lately I 've found it 's impossible ; once I 'm awake I start worrying about the silliest things . ’
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