Example sentences of "were beginning [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Class divisions hitherto non-existent or only latent in English society were beginning to open up as the Agrarian and Industrial Revolutions gained momentum , and popular unrest was in the air . |
| 2 | Now that Caen had fallen , some of the villagers , were beginning to drift back to their homes . |
| 3 | I was busy doing interviews , as the media were beginning to pick up on the story . |
| 4 | Hundreds of funeral guests were beginning to filter in on foot from the outlying corners of the kingdom , bringing sacrificial fighting cocks , pigs and magnificently decked-out water-buffalo . |
| 5 | ‘ They were beginning to fire back from behind the station . |
| 6 | The night 's events were beginning to catch up on them . |
| 7 | Evidently the rumours about Zen 's past were beginning to catch up with him . |
| 8 | The adults were beginning to get out of hand : some were dancing , having a ‘ knees up ’ ; others were arguing with the organ grinder about what should be played . |
| 9 | People were still walking up the drive , and one or two were beginning to walk back down it : they must 've had enough of visiting for today , like me . |
| 10 | But then you see the town was on er on er on D C. And they 'd be at that time they they were beginning to change over to A C , the whole country 's A C now . |
| 11 | AN unexpected 1 p.c. rise in manufacturing production in February raised hopes that manufacturers were beginning to climb out of recession and caught economists by surprise yesterday . |