Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] began [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All four brothers were in a band together and began writing the musical while on the road in Africa and Europe . |
| 2 | He forced himself to bow politely , and then turned away and began to descend the stairs . |
| 3 | Mum jumped up straight away and began rearranging the furniture which had been upset in the commotion . |
| 4 | He returned outside and began to drag the unconscious Zhukov into the darkroom . |
| 5 | Harker punched and kicked the girl and when she escaped he smashed a window , went outside and began to smash the windows of her brother 's car . |
| 6 | When he gently pushed her backwards and began undoing the buttons of her dress and cupped a hand over one of her small breasts she made no attempt to resist . |
| 7 | Mr Berkley turned aside and began to study the stills of Bicycle Thieves in the portico . |
| 8 | As Russia advanced westward and began to play a role alongside the major European powers in the determination of the affairs of the continent , the Slavs of the Balkans turned to St Petersburg for diplomatic and military support , which was usually forthcoming . |
| 9 | ‘ When the poor man was asleep , someone came upstairs and began to pull the thread attached to the slow fuse which was left lying out on the gallery . |
| 10 | The tall , blond player who had joined West Ham at the tender of age of 17 some four years earlier , had done more than choose the right moment to emerge , he 'd nicely anticipated the coming of the right man , Alf Ramsey , who took over the England management shortly afterwards and began to forge the national side which would win the World Cup in 1966 and in which Moore would play an anchor role . |