Example sentences of "[noun prp] began [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The process was assigned to the Cassel Company , international patents obtained , and MacArthur began to train young chemists and dispatch them with plant to virtually every gold-producing country . |
2 | It took time before Byrnes began to make full use of the American foreign service , let alone to give much thought to working with the British Foreign Office . |
3 | The United States began to buy more consumer goods from abroad than it exported in 1959 ; by 1969 the deficit was $4 billion ; in 1968 the balance on cars became negative . |
4 | All the same Meredith began to pay some attention to the girl . |
5 | Later , after he had been influenced by certain paintings by Cézanne , Picasso began to treat solid forms in a more arbitrary , empirical or experimental fashion and to explore the possibilities of representing them without the aid of traditional perspective . |
6 | Teacher interest was aroused and LEAs began to devise various schemes to encourage school self-evaluation , although current changes , and those expected in the Education Act 1988 , make the future of these uncertain . |
7 | During the early ninth century , the Vikings of Norway , Sweden and Denmark began raiding Anglo-Saxon colonies on Britain 's eastern coasts and within that century they became dominant in the north and east . |
8 | Thomas , from Blackhall , County Durham , and 15-year-old Joanne Lackenby began dating last Christmas and saw each until May . |
9 | From about 1205 onwards , the Plantagenets began to exert tighter control over them by granting them the constitutions known as the Etablissements de Rouen . |
10 | Frank began to show some interest . |
11 | Planners in Washington began to put increasing emphasis on nuclear weapons as a way of saving resources without reducing firepower — the " bigger bang for a buck " philosophy . |
12 | For the first time Shannon began to have second thoughts about the trip . |
13 | Sitting down between two piles of books Endill began to read Useful Tips on Flying , but it was more about what to do when you had a plane rather than how to make one . |
14 | As none of the various systems in use at that time were suitable , Intergraph began evaluating appropriate accounting software . |
15 | One lieutenant-colonel in his prime died of a heart attack , and the German M.O.s began expressing serious concern about the physical state of the troops . |
16 | Will began to spend more time in Stratford , because it was quiet there , and he could do his writing . |
17 | Anne and Sarah began to attend modern dances and were an immediate success with the young men who went there . |
18 | Dan began to crumble some bread . |
19 | Over the course of several months , Maria began to show more interest in food . |
20 | It was a short stay , but the year was to be an important one , for during it Louis-Napoleon began to see new ways in which his devotion to the Bonapartist cause might be developed . |
21 | As lavish as always with his hospitality Victor began dispensing free cognac and coffee in celebration of what might have been a prodigal son 's return , introducing his regulars to D'Arcy and he to them . |
22 | After the break Walden began to win more ball , which they ran with great vigour , and were unlucky not to score on a couple of occasions . |
23 | About two weeks later , while still at Biot , Mrs Rose began receiving strange messages by telephone purporting to come from Crabb which were according to Mrs Rose supposed to have contained personal phrases and nicknames which only the two of them knew . |
24 | However , it was not until after the Second World War that immigration from the West Indies began to reach significant numbers . |
25 | As the impossible dream drew closer , Allison began to bait rival fans by walking along the touchline in his fedora and making outrageous Muhammad Ali-style pre-match predictions . |
26 | Their reformist programme , however , quickly got out of hand when workers in Györ began to demand free elections . |
27 | Taken together , Carter 's handling of economic affairs , the hostage crisis and foreign policy in general combined to give him ‘ the lowest job approval ratings of any president since Gallup began taking these measurements in the 1940s ’ . |
28 | Then Mr Lewis began to report certain remarks his lordship and others had made at dinner on that first evening after his arrival . |
29 | Not long after Jack came home , Albert began to run high fevers . |
30 | Once Egyptian forces were in Saudi Arabia , Iraq began broadcasting anti-Mubarak propaganda in earnest . |