Example sentences of "and [pron] begin [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next day I bought a suitcase and some clothes and I began to live the life of Edward Pinkhammer . |
| 2 | A few more boys arrived and I began to realise the terrible blunder I had made . |
| 3 | Whilst waiting to go to Spring Harvest my visits to church became more regular and I began to realise the truth of God 's Word . |
| 4 | It was interesting and exciting and I began to forget the bad times in Hong Kong . |
| 5 | He said nothing and I began to recite the names of the great Rangers team of the thirties . |
| 6 | I felt so enthusiastic when I found this out and I began to read the stories , that I thought I saw the River of the Leprechauns , which is the crystal road to their kingdom ‘ Undersea . ’ |
| 7 | My breath smoked and I began to feel the wind-chill even through my sailing jersey and the special anorak I had bought for southern latitudes . |
| 8 | I changed over to a lure I 'd bought in Hobart , the aptly named Tasmanian Devil , and I began to get the odd flathead on it and not bad fish either . |
| 9 | Now I was no longer angry , and I began to think the Reeds might be right . |
| 10 | Her dress fastened up the front and she began to undo the buttons . |
| 11 | The emperor gave Venice exceptional mercantile privileges , and she began to form the trading posts and colonies — quite in the manner of ancient Athens — which may still be discerned , with Genoese and Turkish towns adjacent , along the Bosphorus . |
| 12 | ‘ You want to tuck them in well , ’ said Miss Maynard , as Harry immediately stopped crying and she began to demonstrate the correct way of settling him into his cot . |
| 13 | Her spirits drooped , and she began to dread the coming meeting with Lady Merchiston . |
| 14 | ‘ Look , Jamie , see this ! ’ she said , and she began to wind the wool so fast that it tangled up in a big knot and the ball bounced right out of her hand and rolled underneath Grandma 's chair . |
| 15 | Stand former British heavyweight and light-heavyweight champion boxer Bunny Johnson alongside the diminutive British international sprinter Ainsley Bennett and one begins to get the idea . |
| 16 | The search becomes desperate and one begins to get the impression that Aristotle alone is going to fit the bill . |
| 17 | They took some sandwiches and a bottle of cold tea , and they began to cut the long grass in Mr Wood 's biggest field . |
| 18 | By the end of April 1921 , the work was finished and they began to furnish the upstairs flat , mainly with items brought over from the house at Poplar , and to stock the shop with cameras , films and processing equipment . |
| 19 | Its dullness stifled Huy 's heart , and he began to question the sense of feeding his belly at the expense of his mind , though such noble sentiments could hardly be his to indulge . |
| 20 | The ERA is conscious that change can only come from the residents themselves , and it begins to organize the women . |