Example sentences of "[coord] began [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Antony grinned in resignation at Connon and began searching for the tablecloth . |
| 2 | He dropped my wrists and began picking at the bread , rolling bits of it into little grey balls . |
| 3 | When she emerged , she responded with a grunt to Melissa 's , ‘ Good morning , ’ and began wrestling with the bar that controlled the window shutters . |
| 4 | A blue Mini arrived and began manoeuvring into the limited space remaining as Melissa picked her way along the uneven path and knocked on the door of number three . |
| 5 | Pulling them from under some old blankets , she sat down on the bed and began to leaf through the pages : photographs fell out , battered , uncherished , not stuck-in — this was no lovingly tended relic . |
| 6 | My presence disturbed them and they flew screaming about me for many minutes until they tired and began to settle on the dark water . |
| 7 | He looked away and began twiddling with the curtain cord . |
| 8 | Rachel paused by her desk and began toying with the telephone cord . |
| 9 | Donna shifted the receiver to her other ear and began doodling on the pad . |
| 10 | As his boss turned away and began to stride down the corridor , Dexter noticed a wary look slither into Pargeter 's eyes . |
| 11 | That wo n't give anything away , ’ cajoled Deana , and it was at that moment that an open-topped , low-slung dark red sports car purred to an impatient halt directly in front of the foyer 's big glass doors and the unmistakable silhouette of Tom Russell sprang with athletic grace from behind the wheel and began to stride across the cement footpath towards the entrance . |
| 12 | He clenched his teeth , pulled back his shoulders and began to stride up the road . |
| 13 | When the others returned , bringing the extra equipment , he took a field radio , stepped outside and began to transmit to the Hercules that was still circling around above them somewhere . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , that cuts them out of my book , unless , of course , they 're entertaining , witty , rich , and — ’ Here he turned and began to march from the room , saying , ‘ have the sense to appreciate my worth . ’ |
| 15 | He and a friend separated from the others and began to move towards the car . |
| 16 | Coleby grunted and began to move towards the door . |
| 17 | Other guests now rose to leave and the two English envoys got up and began to move amongst the different groups . |
| 18 | Lucenzo moved away and began to complain to the catering manager , breaking into the man 's spirited singing of an Italian opera . |
| 19 | Steve pulled the duvet over the two of them and began fiddling with the remote control . |
| 20 | He transferred his attention to his gold wristwatch and began fiddling with the bracelet . |
| 21 | Anna turned , saw me waving , and began to amble through the line of cars with her nose n the air , looking entirely unconcerned about her own and everyone else 's safety . |
| 22 | On reaching the fire , Joseph jumped out and began wheeling off the thick long hose pipe from the engine . |
| 23 | Charlie now found himself in front and began firing at the Germans as their heads popped up from behind the dug-outs . |
| 24 | ‘ The African guide was nowhere to be seen so Slash picked up the guy 's rifle and began firing into the air , trying desperately to scare the elephants away , ’ said another friend of the star . |
| 25 | She closed her eyes to hide her revulsion as he pressed his open mouth against hers and began fumbling with the buttons of her bush shirt . |
| 26 | When he saw Duclos striding back across the compound dragging a young Annamese boy behind him , he smiled quietly to himself , stepped back into his bedroom and began fumbling with the buttons of his silk shirt . |
| 27 | He took a small pin from the sleeve of his doublet and began to scrape between the yellow stumps until he extracted small , grey fragments still wet with mucus . |
| 28 | But the second time round he became restless and began biting at the rope and making playful snaps at Angela 's heels , then at her basket . |
| 29 | He rose and began to dance round the room . |
| 30 | The porter fell to his knees and began to scrabble at the soft soil next to the wooden scaffold pole . |