Example sentences of "[coord] [noun prp] began [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Joe was already out of the kitchen and half-way across the yard and Bella began to put the dishes together . |
| 2 | The service also proved a modest success , and Branson began exploring the possibility of flying to Dublin , and to Miami , on a route which had not been taken up by a British carrier since the collapse of Laker . |
| 3 | Grainne arched her back like a cat , and Fergus began to peel the thin robe from her shoulders , kissing her bare skin , feeling her response , feeling the swing of her hair against his shoulders and chest , and exulting in it , for there is something so intimate and so wholly precious about the feel of a loved one 's hair against your skin … |
| 4 | Then , using the boards as if they were giant razor blades , he and Harry began to shave the black foam of insects off Lucy 's skin . |
| 5 | They no longer had to wait for the elusive Jennie to finish making a steak and kidney pudding before sanctioning an important business decision , but they had taken over in lean times and Doris began to find the strain intolerable . |