Example sentences of "she begin [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The umbilical cord and the afterbirth were still inside me , so she began to yank this baby and I said " Excuse me , I 've still got a bit inside me . " |
| 2 | Donna rubbed both hands across her face , her body quivering as she began to regain some warmth , some feeling in her extremities . |
| 3 | Even so , most of it was so pointedly on target that she began to leave some of her cynicism aside . |
| 4 | However , from this time she began to eliminate any suggestions of depth and perspective in her paintings . |
| 5 | After leaving school at 16 , she began to draw more and more : ‘ It is quite close to acting in that it 's to do with reflecting on life — how you see people and the fascination of trying to distil the essence of a person . |
| 6 | From that time on , she began to avoid that gesture ( it is not easy to break the habit of gestures altogether ) . |
| 7 | The singing seemed equally sad , and as the evening progressed she began to feel more and more melancholy . |
| 8 | She began to pull all her daughter 's clothes from the wardrobe , searching the pockets as she went . |
| 9 | But once she took over the directorship of the Institute for Chemical Research in Bucharest ( ICECHIM ) , she began to purge those scientists who had been foolish enough to cast doubt on her credentials or to refuse to ‘ co-operate ’ with her research . |
| 10 | Suddenly , she began to hear all sorts of sounds , footsteps and slitherings . |
| 11 | But later , she begins to question that view ; ‘ Women like her are a menace ’ , she says . |