Example sentences of "began by [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I began by learning a bit of the trade and spent a summer up at Glenfiddich helping to put in a new storehouse . |
| 2 | Formed in 1980 , it began by producing a newsletter ( Co-operative library media group newsletter ) to review programmes , list purchase details of presentations , report on trends , and emphasize the constant need for a better exchange of ideas between librarians and commercial producers , and much closer co-operation in preparation of such programmes . |
| 3 | So Stuart began by telling a couple of jokes , which fell rather flat because he was so jumpy and I do n't think the jokes were much good in the first place . |
| 4 | The walk began by following a track which climbed steeply up a narrow , twisting valley . |
| 5 | The NCOAP began by pressing a universalist demand but was eventually forced to accept a compromise which , although in line with working-class notions of respectability , did not reflect the absolute material wants of the many . |
| 6 | For his part , the DGM began by spending a day a week at Banstead from April 1980 and subsequently took six weeks off from running the affairs of district administration , handing over to his deputy in order to work full time on the strategy for closure . |
| 7 | Donnellan ( 1966 ) began by noting a distinction between two usages of definite descriptions ( inter alia , noun phrases in English with the determiner the ) : ( 18 ) The man drinking champagne is Lord Godolphin ( 19 ) The man who can lift this stone is stronger than an ox The first would most naturally have a referential use , where the description might in fact be wrong ( e.g. the man is actually drinking lemonade ) but the reference succeed in any case ; the second would most naturally have an attributive use where the speaker would not have any particular individual in mind ( we could paraphrase ( 19 ) as " whoever can lift this stone is stronger than an ox " ) . |