Example sentences of "[vb past] [coord] began [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He rose and began to prowl the room . |
| 2 | He could feel it as a line of cherry heat across his back when he turned and began to climb the stairs more carefully . |
| 3 | ‘ Awful , awful trouble , ’ she replied and began to re-tell the story which Derek had told earlier in the evening . |
| 4 | The armoury was founded by Altgraf Ernst Salentin ( 1621–84 ) who inherited and began restoring the castle in 1645 following the damage of the Thirty Years War . |
| 5 | Parents saw and began to understand the difficulties which teachers faced and became more sympathetic and supportive . |
| 6 | He smiled and began to climb the slope again , slowly , looking about him all the while , his eyes taking in the ruins , the distant , cloud-wreathed mountains , the two horses grazing just below them . |
| 7 | During the 1880s , some of the leading populist activists emigrated and began to deduce the lessons to be learnt from the populist failure . |
| 8 | As I was about to get dressed , however , the doctor reappeared and began to administer the most thorough medical check-up I have ever experienced . |
| 9 | I sat and began to count the cost in dirhams , then dollars , then pounds to the boy 's father . |