Example sentences of "begins [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Anteriorly , the mesoderm beneath the headfold becomes organized into the heart ( Figure 1e ) which begins to contract rhythmically towards the end of the 9th day .
2 But as experience is gained through constant repetition , each movement of the form begins to flow smoothly into the next .
3 Sadly , in the second half , the play begins to fall apart at the seams as Harwood attempts to combine comedy with more serious themes .
4 As soon as an egg is laid the plant begins to grow rapidly in the region around the egg , forming a swelling , which is called a gall .
5 The picaresque vitality of Richardson 's novel begins to wane early in the third volume ( a frequent fate of follow-ups ) and , as a theatre audience does not have the opportunity to plough through stodgy bits in their own time , we felt it made for better drama to kill Pamela ( in the novel she comes near to death ) before the dramatic conflict itself dies .
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