Example sentences of "[noun prp] began [verb] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sharpest clash occurred in the village of Bezdna in the eastern province of Kazan " , where a certain Anton Petrov began claiming that the statutes really did grant wholesale freedom . |
| 2 | Only thirty-seven were full-scale royal commissions , although Harold Wilson splashed out on them so liberally that even the Great and Good began to complain that the currency had been devalued . |
| 3 | Slowly Michael Ramsey began to realize that the eternal verities were more important to him than the political excitements . |
| 4 | Mrs Browning began to laugh but the laugh brought on a coughing fit and , when Wilson rushed to her aid and raised her higher on the pillow , her face took on an ugly blue tinge , which she had never seen before . |
| 5 | Where MacLeay saw this unity as a circular system of relationships , Owen began to argue that the unity of type within each group displayed the rational activity of the Creator . |
| 6 | Jess began to shake and the sobs she 'd encouraged broke out with fresh vigour and real conviction . |
| 7 | After a time Milhaez began to sing and the boat seemed to be carried upriver on his voice . |
| 8 | Here , Mrs Pettifer began to interject but the small gentleman silenced her with a flap of the wrist which was altogether not very gentlemanly and proved too much for the great lady detective who made a more purposeful interjection of her own . |
| 9 | The Pomeranian Junkers began to complain that the end of serfdom had released the peasants they held in moneyless bondage to wander where they would . |
| 10 | However , Tess began to find that the cows which came to her usually happened to be her favourites . |
| 11 | Liza , distraught at the news , came home on compassionate leave , which she spent in such a state of shock and distress that Harriet began to feel that the sooner she returned to her duties the better . |