Example sentences of "began [to-vb] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only when he was confronted by God , broken and forced to give up his pride , that he began to see clearly for the first time the vast difference between living a self-directed life and living for God . |
| 2 | He began to search irritably for the key . |
| 3 | However , horns were generally seen as desirable , especially for harnessing plough oxen , and it was not until the eighteenth century that Scottish farmers began to breed selectively for the polled factor in order to make the cattle of Galloway easier to manage on the long droves to the London markets . |
| 4 | Companies therefore began to compete strongly for the best staff , wooing them with better salaries , conditions of work and career development opportunities . |
| 5 | Some leaders of the popular front movement — Victor Gollancz for one — began to call openly for an acceleration of rearmament : though here he parted company with the Communist Party . |