Example sentences of "the [noun sg] begin [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yanto shouted , as the gang began to slap the heavy deal planks into slings . |
| 2 | EPRDF forces moving in from the west began to reach the suburbs of Addis Ababa on the weekend of May 25-26 . |
| 3 | The luck began to run the other way and we made a bit of a fortune that six months . |
| 4 | As the Flamingo moved down the river the wind began to fill the sails . |
| 5 | The artillery began to arrive the following day , large and small , but none , so far as the Scots could see , more powerful than their own . |
| 6 | The Sun began to warm the bones . |
| 7 | Towards the limits of the pluviose zone , in Alava and southern Navarre , the village begins to replace the homestead and the aristocratic element in society is stronger . |
| 8 | As the woman behind the bar began to pull the pints , he went on . |
| 9 | Now it was a grey morning with the drizzle beginning to veil the hills . |
| 10 | Without more ado , the coroner began to finger the carving of the figure of-Death , probing and pressing it . |
| 11 | She draws a small rectangular mirror from her shoulder-bag and watches as the pus begins to consume the left-hand side of her face . |
| 12 | In the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries the laity began to enter the lawcourts . |
| 13 | The earlier smile , Sandra 's smile , lingered in the coffee bar until the proprietor began to bang the chairs upside down on to the tables , impatient to spend half an hour with Shirley Temple . |
| 14 | However , the expense of welcoming and entertaining all the visitors who came to see the dolphin began to tax the modest resources of the town , and to destroy its quiet and peaceful character . |
| 15 | As the cab began to cross the bridge , the first full-span cross-beam collapsed as a green Morris Minor car was passing underneath . |
| 16 | In 1245 , when the king began to rebuild the abbey itself , Edward became keeper of the works , along with the master mason and a representative of the abbot and convent . |
| 17 | He 'll suggest that anyway , as soon as he and the King begin to see the surrender is n't coming by the Feast of St Nicholas . ’ |
| 18 | As the crew began to unload the waste drums , inflatable dinghies were deliberately positioned underneath . |
| 19 | The crew begin to rig the camera equipment on a platform . |
| 20 | But when the Friend begins to age the Poet would wish to die : Here the motif of giving and receiving love , central to this group , uses the traditional metaphor of exchanging hearts , but reanimates it by the particularity with which the trope is extended . |
| 21 | Her anguished reply appeared to give him pause , but he had no time to follow it up , as the organ began to play the triumphal entry of the Queen of Sheba . |
| 22 | In about 1895 the trade began to raise the popular image of the ‘ undertaker ’ from being a person who merely disposed of the dead to a funeral director whose main object is service to the public . |
| 23 | Without a word , the woman began to ascend the stairs . |
| 24 | In 1699 the government began to pay the professor of Arabic at Oxford an annual allowance of £100 to enable him to train " young students in the modern Arabick and Turkish languages " who could translate letters from Muslim rulers . |
| 25 | Secondly , it is well known that the impact of the rediscovery of poverty in the 1880s helped to bring about a much more complex analysis of poverty and its causes , which in turn looked toward the State to begin to solve the problem . |
| 26 | As the commentator began to analyse the Yankees ' seasonal batting averages Graham looked around slowly at the tranquillity of his surroundings . |
| 27 | The audience held their breath in one collective sigh as the orchestra began to play the first few bars of ‘ Strolling with Nancy ’ . |
| 28 | Only on a long , fast bend can the tail be persuaded to step out , and then only under strong provocation and with little drama , as the drivetrain begins to feed the power rearwards . |
| 29 | Once in position , the platoon began to search the funeral route , as well as the churchyard and cemetery . |
| 30 | Fitzormonde stared at Athelstan and the friar began to suspect the true reason behind the drawing on the pieces of parchment . |