Example sentences of "begin [to-vb] [noun pl] at " in BNC.
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1 | Indeed , it was an achievement that they managed it just long enough to clinch the Heineken title and then , once it did not matter any longer began to lose games at a rate that would have been unthinkable during the previous years of unbroken triumph . |
2 | Then in June he began to write cheques at a ‘ fast and furious pace ’ . |
3 | Now that some manufacturers , including Citroen and Vauxhall , are beginning to list diesels at the same price as petrol versions , the sums may swing even further in the diesel 's favour . |
4 | Already he was beginning to steal glances at the clock , comparing it needlessly with his own watch , missing bits of the film while he made rapid calculations as to whether he might conceivably be able to see Bridget home , and , when this had become out of the question , as to how long they would have to say good night at the hated corner . |
5 | In the late 1530s another Northerner , the Fleming Jakob Arcadelt ( c.1504–after 1567 ) , began to publish madrigals at Venice , including one of the most popular of all , ‘ Il bianco e dolce cigno ’ . |
6 | He raised the receiver to his ear and waited , his face pale in the subdued light of the room , impatience beginning to mark lines at the edge of his lips . |
7 | I then began to enter competitions at the age of seven , riding a Yamaha fifty with a five-speed gearbox . |
8 | As the weeks go by she begins to receive visitors at the refuge and when she begins to feel the marriage is over , with the workers ' help she starts negotiating with the council and housing associations for a new flat , although she also feels the refuge is home , a safe space that is becoming more and more difficult to leave . |