Example sentences of "they began [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shield-hung hurdles were brought out into the field , and bowmen and slingshot-throwers behind them began to shred the trees with a descending curtain of missiles . |
| 2 | The next hour passed amiably , by which time the two of them began to feel the effects of the day . |
| 3 | As they began to gather the berries , eating the sweetest , darkest red ones , and putting the rest into their baskets to take home , the sun came out . |
| 4 | They began to ascend the staircase , holding Jimmy between them . |
| 5 | She stopped his hands as they began to release the buttons . |
| 6 | As they began to turn the silver handle with the strange , serpent-like beasts engraved deeply into it , Fenella felt the Melanisms creep nearer . |
| 7 | They began to unload the crate , Mrs Mantini puffing and blowing . |
| 8 | No one spoke ; they began to unload the cases from the lorry . |
| 9 | They began to set the table , growing relaxed and easy , enjoying the formality of the room , when Moran came in again from the fields . |
| 10 | Two days before the President 's visit they began to dress the mast like a Christmas tree . |
| 11 | Probably in all innocence they began to use the word Baal to describe the Lord God . |
| 12 | When they began to move the flow of blood came back to their stiffened limbs and they felt better . |
| 13 | During the war they both worked in the local Heathcoat factory making parts for aeroplanes — he was Chairman ; she was on the factory floor — then in 1946 they began to plant the garden in earnest . |
| 14 | But as they began to see the possibilities of the data highway , they also realised that they did not have the technical expertise to build the sorts of switched networks necessary to bring it off . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , at the Works they began to implement the Railway Executive Committee pre-war plans of preparing ambulance trains for home use . |
| 16 | They began to untie the canvas at the rear of the lorry . |
| 17 | The next day they began to build the nest in the apple tree . |
| 18 | And on the morrow they began to attack the city , and they fought against it three days strenuously ; and the Moors received great loss , for they came blindly up to the walls and were slain there . |
| 19 | As the prayer was answered the result was an outward focus : the place was shaken , they began to speak the word of God boldly , and the great missionary activity of the church began . |
| 20 | By the end of April 1921 , the work was finished and they began to furnish the upstairs flat , mainly with items brought over from the house at Poplar , and to stock the shop with cameras , films and processing equipment . |
| 21 | Our archers caught the bastards just as they began to climb the scaling ladders , whilst men-at-arms , using the long forked poles lying on the parapet walk , shoved them out of the way . |
| 22 | As they began to climb the stairs , arms still wrapped around each other , Ronni asked herself for the hundredth time what she would do if he did . |
| 23 | When he gave the order , they began to cut the corn in the field where I was hiding . |
| 24 | Slowly they began to feel the protection of Grumbla Head and within half-an-hour they had entered relatively calm water . |
| 25 | They began to recommend the development of new industries , and of temporary work-creation schemes strictly for those capable of finding work in normal times . |
| 26 | As some of the leaders of this effort moved into top positions , they began to strengthen the division leadership and to exert their influence in various meetings of the leaders of the businesses around the world . |
| 27 | He immediately withdrew the patrol to a safe distance and together they began to clear the area for any other suspicious signs . |
| 28 | To cure this trouble , they began to fit the plough carrier on brackets from the underframe of the car with adjustable bolts to allow for wear of the wheels and keep the plough head at the desired height above the rail . |