Example sentences of "you begin [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So when I have to weigh up whether I can afford to trade in my battered old VW and think of those who have a BMW or Mercedes , then you begin to wonder at the sense of it all . |
| 2 | Meanwhile you begin searching in the forest . |
| 3 | For simple statements they certainly apply , but Q. says that , when you begin to philosophise about the " why " and the " how " , the Romance words are required . |
| 4 | Of course , you will not be waiting for your child 's fifth or sixth birthday before you begin putting across the idea of good manners . |
| 5 | ‘ You are not very interested in your ancestors when you are young , but when you get older you begin to look at the rock from which you are hewn . ’ |
| 6 | From the moment you accept a place at the University of Edinburgh you begin to benefit from the extensive range of services provided by the Students ' Association . |
| 7 | Parents find it extremely difficult to provide even the basic necessities for life today , and certainly when you begin to think of the sort of things that most children in this country have on a day-to-day basis — an ice cream , a trip to the swimming baths and so on — these families do n't er it 's a major crisis to provide for example sixty pence as entry to a swimming pool . |