Example sentences of "began [v-ing] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The larks had not been up long when the first cars began filtering into the parks . |
| 2 | She closed her eyes to hide her revulsion as he pressed his open mouth against hers and began fumbling with the buttons of her bush shirt . |
| 3 | When he saw Duclos striding back across the compound dragging a young Annamese boy behind him , he smiled quietly to himself , stepped back into his bedroom and began fumbling with the buttons of his silk shirt . |
| 4 | Dunan 's group began loping towards the Rorim , leaving two bodies behind them on the moonlit ground . |
| 5 | ‘ The African guide was nowhere to be seen so Slash picked up the guy 's rifle and began firing into the air , trying desperately to scare the elephants away , ’ said another friend of the star . |
| 6 | Charlie now found himself in front and began firing at the Germans as their heads popped up from behind the dug-outs . |
| 7 | She positioned herself on a front bench , laid out her pastels and board , and began drawing under the eyes of the judge , who , be all accounts , turned a shade of puce . |
| 8 | She positioned herself on a front bench , laid out her pastels and board , and began drawing under the eyes of the judge , who , be all accounts , turned a shade of puce . |
| 9 | All four began galloping down the track . |
| 10 | He dived under the fence and a moment later the ducks began waddling through the tunnel and into the garden . |
| 11 | The sun sank lower on my left and the blue shadows of dusk began gathering on the pines and firs and creeping in among the sapling branches and the alders . |
| 12 | Rachel paused by her desk and began toying with the telephone cord . |
| 13 | As Morton produced the manila folder from his pocket , Sir Rufus seized it and began leafing through the papers it contained . |
| 14 | I looked up again to see that she was still asleep and then I began leafing through the pages , curious to see whose names were entered there . |
| 15 | Graham began climbing with the Edinburgh JMCS and shared first ascents of significant Scottish routes like Parallel B Gully , Lochnager ( 1958 ) , Smith 's gully on Creag Meaghaidh ( 1959 ) and Vanishing Gully on Ben Nevis ( 1961 ) . |
| 16 | Steve grew up in Seattle and began climbing in the Cascades Range . |
| 17 | The profession 's demands became intolerable however , and in 1901 he began contributing to the magazines of the day . |
| 18 | For the sake of appearances , he picked up another brush and began swatting at the sleeves and lapels of his suit . |
| 19 | Enemy heads began appearing over the wall . |
| 20 | Articles with titles like ‘ The New Opposition ’ and ‘ Power Returns to the Lords ’ began appearing in the newspapers . |
| 21 | Back in London , her name began appearing in the gossip columns . |
| 22 | Then he walked deeper into the trees as the twilight thickened around him and the stars began appearing among the branches over his head . |
| 23 | My breath began wheezing from the exertion . |
| 24 | ’ Dismissing him with a gesture , she began walking towards the door which she meant to bang closed behind him . |
| 25 | She began walking towards the door . |
| 26 | Scrambling down from the mound of sand , Garry began walking towards the houses , his hands and knees stained orange . |
| 27 | She began walking towards the depression , as four suited figures followed her from the ship , still arguing about the paperwork . |
| 28 | I could n't make out what was going on so I began walking towards the image , binoculars pressed to my eyes . |
| 29 | ‘ Dos horas , ’ he said , and without a backward glance , began walking up the hill . |
| 30 | There was another mighty crash and a priest began walking through the congregation swinging a censer and laying his hand on the head of anyone who offered . |