Example sentences of "began [verb] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She began to undo the third shirt . |
| 2 | With more violent shakes of the head , Eleanor began demolishing the second tissue . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Then he began to shift the first screen and leaned it against an adjoining stretch of wall . |
| 5 | 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 . |