Example sentences of "began [verb] [art] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It was during the next 8 years that he began to experience the first stirrings of an interest destined to change his life beyond all imaginings .
2 Despite announcing the projected two-year trip to the southern hemisphere expressly for this purpose , Gould began to publish the first parts of his Birds of Australia before he had even left .
3 She began to undo the third shirt .
4 With more violent shakes of the head , Eleanor began demolishing the second tissue .
5 As soon as she 'd finished eating Luce moved the tray on to a side-table and , not without a pang , began to read the second diary , followed by the third .
6 Then he began to shift the first screen and leaned it against an adjoining stretch of wall .
7 Hearing on the grapevine that Island Records ' in-house Fallout Shelter studios were in need of a trainee engineer , he pestered them for an interview that afternoon and began work the next day .
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