Example sentences of "begin [verb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | begin to flicker from the caves below |
| 2 | But what is for the most part in these stories a quiet desperation , is achieved at the cost of suppressing part of his own awareness , part of his own truth , and how bad that was we begin to see with The Portrait . |
| 3 | The billhook had sliced into his naked thigh and , turning , she saw the great curve of red blood begin to bubble in the air , saw him slowly sink like a wounded animal , his hands plucking the air . |
| 4 | There was a marked increase in enquiries during the quarter as signs of a recovery begin to appear in the UK housing market . |
| 5 | More or less as soon as the subject has settled into Stage 2 sleep , at the beginning of the night , larger slow waves begin to appear in the EEG , whose frequency is less than 2Hz . |
| 6 | Special promotions , catalogue advertising and in-store events are planned , as more Tencel garments like jeans , blouses and jackets begin to appear in the shops . |
| 7 | With the departure of one Secretary and the arrival of another , the office staff — apart of course from the members of the Signet Office — normally changed completely ; not until the early seventeenth century did a permanent bureaucratic organization begin to appear beneath the Secretary of State . |
| 8 | Turning the other cheek is not an option here — until the children begin to work through the logic and consequences of two wrongs making a … |
| 9 | Others never seem to be fully awake until midday but begin to sparkle in the evening , their ideal time for decisive action and clear thinking . |
| 10 | Medau teachers support and direct their classes in much the same way as a conductor does an orchestra — first they perform the movement to feel the accent , shape and dynamics , then begin to communicate with the class through voice , before developing the rhythmic possibilities with claps , clicks , drumbeats , other percussive sounds , improvised piano music or recorded music . |
| 11 | In their second year these children become able to walk , they leave the hut and begin to participate in the life outside . |
| 12 | ( Echoes of Evelyn Waugh 's Ishmaelite consul-general begin to flutter in the ear : ‘ As that great Negro , Karl Marx , has so nobly written … ‘ ) |
| 13 | Beside him his father 's rifle recoiled , and they saw one of the two calves stagger , then begin stumbling after the bull . |
| 14 | Meanwhile you begin searching in the forest . |
| 15 | So when I have to weigh up whether I can afford to trade in my battered old VW and think of those who have a BMW or Mercedes , then you begin to wonder at the sense of it all . |
| 16 | If the candidate seems settled in for the day stand up and help him/her with their coat , or begin to walk towards the door . |
| 17 | The age of the organisation : many businesses and other organisations begin to grow through the efforts of a few individuals ( eg. owner-directors , or the founder of a political pressure group ) and tend to be highly centralised ( power culture ) . |
| 18 | Some animals feed on living plants ; even if no animals come at first they may come later if plants begin to grow in the microhabitat . |
| 19 | The report of Domingue and Ingram ( 1978 ) , for the USA , indicates the emergence of the profession both in terms of status and in concerns for interpreter efficiency , and it is on this basis that we begin to look at the processes involved , comparing signed with spoken interpretation . |
| 20 | ‘ You are not very interested in your ancestors when you are young , but when you get older you begin to look at the rock from which you are hewn . ’ |
| 21 | A closer examination of the component parts of the code is given in chapter 4 , when we begin to look at the implications of the code in respect of standards of nursing care provided by the qualified nurse or health visitor . |
| 22 | I know about the Islington survey , and I also share his concern about under-reporting in some areas of the country of some types of crime in particular , but let me continue with the facts before we begin to look at the solutions . |
| 23 | When the Orioles ' designated hitter lifts a three-run homer over the right field fence in the ninth to wrap it up at 9–3 , the resigned Sox faithful begin heading for the exits . |
| 24 | Moreover , the age-incidence curves for this group of diseases begin to flatten around the time of menopause . |
| 25 | When the oratory is finished the ladies begin dancing on the floor of the arena ; after some time the Ngwazi descends to join the dancing , fly whisk waving merrily , and for at least an hour joins in the celebration . |
| 26 | They walk up the cleft in the hills beside the stream and begin to climb above the valley . |
| 27 | Business Technology : Writs begin to fly in the battle of the 32-bits |
| 28 | Nevertheless , as soon as we begin to probe beneath the surface of the contemporary debate , political concerns sometimes seem to outweigh educational ones . |
| 29 | Scraps of paper , previously sodden , begin to stir in the gutters . |
| 30 | Half a dozen of Chris Crackenthwaite 's apprentices pass down the street just as the girls begin to arrive at the Market Hall factory . |