Example sentences of "begin [to-vb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The women begin to gather at first light . |
| 2 | In the second part we begin to look at some of the arguments which have been developed about the possible effects of new technology on the kinds of jobs available in the future . |
| 3 | Many relationships begin to fail at this stage , and are often allowed to do so by default because the difficulties of living through this stage of life are insufficiently understood . |
| 4 | But , before she could begin to feel at all mortified , ‘ Did I tell you how glad I am , heart and soul , that you came ? ’ |
| 5 | On 7 July 1575 Sir John Forster , the Warden of the English Middle March , took offence at an insult offered him by his opposite number , supporters of the two men began to jeer at each other , and a skirmish ensued in which several men were killed and Sir John and his son-in-law Lord Francis Russell were carried off as prisoners . |
| 6 | Once it became clear that there was no possibility of raising the funds for the National Trust or English Heritage to take on the house , SAVE began to look at other options . |
| 7 | The queue began to form at 7 a.m. on 13th May , and , after 3 stressful hours of preparation , it was inspiring to hear the peal of bells with which Nancy Robinson traditionally and imaginatively opens the Sale |
| 8 | If , therefore , 17 September 680 fell in Aethelred 's sixth year , Aethelred began to reign at some point after 17 September 674 and before the anniversary of that date in 675 . |
| 9 | ‘ On the other hand , ’ he said , ‘ Smithfield market is beginning to stir at four in the morning . |
| 10 | Life began to change at 16 when a shop asked Cindy to model for a fashion show . |
| 11 | Marguerite began to laugh at this challenge to Alain , and he fixed Jenna with derisive eyes . |
| 12 | Recognizing that he had no time to position his own gun , Howard ducked down , the enemy gun already beginning to flare at one end . |
| 13 | Four months : they began to move at four months , that was what the doctor had said . |
| 14 | The Pontiac crouched for a whole foot lower than it did before , and General Motors shareholders were beginning to complain at annual meetings of bumping their heads or not being able to wear a hat in a Buick . |
| 15 | Once we had begun to look at particular steps in the biochemical cascade in more detail , however , I became persuaded that reasonably specific inhibitors might help cast light on relevant mechanisms . |
| 16 | A theory of standardization must be able to account for such songs ; and Adorno 's approach surely begins to crack at this point . |
| 17 | It also begins to look at some of the processes which together make up these overall trends . |