Example sentences of "began [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This proved to be one of the sources of its downfall : there came a point when failure to come up with the goods , rationalised by ‘ the need for more research ’ , began to sound a little hollow and begged the asking of more fundamental questions . |
| 2 | Between groups — each group began to see the other group as ‘ the enemy ’ , hostility between groups increased whilst communication between them decreased ; stereotyped opinions of the other side began to emerge , especially negative stereotypes . |
| 3 | I began to see the subtle pressures towards our Western ideals creeping into Eastern Europe even in music and fashion . |
| 4 | Grainne listened , absorbed and serious , and in her mind she began to see the old Ireland , the Ireland of the lost enchantments , very clearly . |
| 5 | When I 'd finished we began to see the funny side of it and ended up laughing . |
| 6 | Around him he began to see the unfolding beauty of early summer in his homeland and it held him still with wonder and made him forget the passing of the days . |
| 7 | Europeans were concerned at the expansion of American investment into Europe ; Americans began to see the Common Market ( created by France , Germany , Italy and the Benelux states ) , as a trade rival and argued that Europe should pay more for its own defence . |
| 8 | Following this unhappy enterprise , Douglas began producing the biggest picture of his career , Spartacus , which Anthony Mann was set to direct . |
| 9 | We began producing the big catalogues to go with the shows . |
| 10 | Cited in the writings of the Carolingian age , the De re militari began to enjoy a particular vogue during the renaissance of the twelfth century , being referred to as an authority on military matters by writers who had no first-hand knowledge of war . |
| 11 | For example , his eyes were necessary for the finding of food and the locating of enemies , to name but two of many purely necessary functions , but there must have been a time when he first began to enjoy the visual beauty all around him . |
| 12 | The urban guilds and merchants steadily advanced in wealth and power , and began to spawn a top bourgeoisie of financiers and international traders who could help the landowners to invest their surplus capital profitably . |
| 13 | Two brown pelicans flapped past as I began shaping the broken ends of Masquerade 's shattered planking . |
| 14 | In 1903 a German syndicate began building the present sanatorium and the Hospital of Marmeleiros . |
| 15 | Leaving Russia in 1918 , he began building an international reputation for uncompromising modernism . |
| 16 | Caro began to arrange the sweet peas in a vase . |
| 17 | Despite the rapid growth of ill feeling between Minton and Vaughan , their home at Hamilton Terrace attracted many visitors , who turned up as and when they wished , some hoping for roast beef at breakfast as Minton frequently began cooking a large joint at eleven o'clock at night . |
| 18 | He began to mount the uncarpeted stairs . |
| 19 | Now the onset of summer drew near to marking our first year together and I began to sense a distinct cooling in Joe 's attitude to me . |
| 20 | Juron held his knife to the dead man 's brow and began sawing the monomolecular edge through bone . |
| 21 | The man nodded and behind him Dai gave a shrug of resignation and began to search the small house . |
| 22 | At seven-thirty next morning , I put on my running shoes and green army jeans and began jogging the eighteen miles to Reggane . |
| 23 | When he was nineteen , Reza Shah decided that the Crown Princes marriage was due and so he began trawling the Middle East for the most suitable wife — from a dynastic point of view . |
| 24 | I began seeing a Freudian analyst . |
| 25 | As controlling designer for the exhibition , Tait , together with Coia and Spence , mounted the hoist and began to ascend the half-completed tower . |
| 26 | A middle-aged couple got out and began to unload a motley collection of boxes and bags . |
| 27 | Moorcroft returned to England in 1791 , and in the spring of 1792 he began to conduct a veterinary practice . |
| 28 | She put down her leather dressing-case the dark green one with a strap across the lid — that went with her on train journeys , and began to untie the knotted napkins . |
| 29 | In the Edwardian era , with company revenues falling , the companies began to cultivate the suburban commuter . |
| 30 | He also began using the fashionable technique of mixing wax resists with gouache and watercolour , a technique which Minton once described as ‘ a matter of the successful steering of accident ’ . |