Example sentences of "began [verb] it [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | Then , slowly , she reached for her brush from the dresser , and began to slide it through the unruly tangle of her hair , taming the fly-away curls until they settled into a softly gleaming curtain that fell over her shoulders . |
2 | Collecting the trowel , she bent down and began stabbing it into the bigger clumps of earth to break them up . |
3 | For a fraction of a second , a strange , satanic glitter lit up Lucie 's eyes and his fist clenched and he began to punch it in the air . |
4 | The gang manhandled the 18-foot caravan through the gap in the fence and began pushing it across the field towards the road . |
5 | Bragg rubbed the tobacco lovingly between his palms , then began to feed it into the bowl of his pipe . |
6 | Leo carried the pile of crockery into the kitchen and began to load it into the dishwasher . |
7 | Ignoring her repeated instruction for him to get out , he unrolled the scroll and began spreading it over the desk , using the paperweight and penholder to secure its curling corners . |
8 | He rebuilt the library and began stocking it with the central texts of secular and religious learning which he had made available at Bec . |
9 | Gazzer grabbed the wheelchair and began to push it along the paths in between the flower-beds . |