Example sentences of "[noun sg] begin move " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And where are we going ? ’ she added , her eyes widening in apprehension as the limousine began moving swiftly through the narrow streets of the City . |
| 2 | The man pulled himself in after the stretcher , the doors were closed and the ambulance began to move off , its siren wailing mournfully . |
| 3 | The car began to move forward , slowly this time , until its wheels reached the disrupted earth , which heaved and heaved again . |
| 4 | He switched on the engine , and the car began to move swiftly through the suburbs where she lived . |
| 5 | ‘ Just do n't expect too much , ’ he said quietly , as the car began to move away . |
| 6 | As the international situation became more serious , the President began to move cautiously against the idea of complete American neutrality . |
| 7 | Then a big rock began to move as well , and suddenly half the hillside was moving . |
| 8 | He snaked off again and within minutes the throng began moving towards dinner , dividing into ten to a table , lowering bottoms onto inadequate chairs , fingering menus , peering at the print through candlelight , scanning their allotted neighbours . |
| 9 | Scattered cheers answered him , big Mary gave a ‘ Heeuggh ! ’ like a dancer , and the whole throng began to move along the road westwards , past the dark silent façade of the inn , the equally silent church and manse , towards the gates of Castle Menzies . |
| 10 | Since the machine began to move towards the water as soon as they were inside , changing in its damp , smelly and retracted confines was none too easy , despite the lure of their newly acquired bathing costumes . |
| 11 | Then the silent , slow machinery of English law began to move . |
| 12 | The woman with the child began to move away . |
| 13 | Just as the column began to move , a schoolgirl , pushing a baby in a pram , accidentally backed into a police horse . |
| 14 | The march of the Ents to Isengard makes true the report of the frightened messenger to the incredulous Macbeth in Act V Scene 5 : ‘ As I did stand my watch upon the hill/I looked toward Birnam and anon methought/The wood began to move . ’ |
| 15 | But after a few minutes I saw the creature 's body begin to move . |
| 16 | The disputes between the counties and county boroughs continued as the population began to move out of the industrial cities into surrounding suburban estates or commuter villages in county areas . |
| 17 | In the meantime , opinion began to move towards the last of the possibilities — and the one which suited Baldwin the best — a minority Labour Government . |
| 18 | Her helpless moans of delight seemed to excite his own desire , perspiration breaking out on his skin as his body began moving against her with a rhythmic urgency he could barely control . |
| 19 | At the sound of his husky voice Laura 's heart began beating rapidly , her breathing quickening , and , totally beyond her control , her body began moving sensually and invitingly beneath him . |
| 20 | Hunger surged between them like fire and Felipe 's body began to move restlessly , seeking her softness , his hand beginning to mould her closer still . |
| 21 | The waiter began to move away . |
| 22 | Towards half-time , Town began to move ; started to flow . |
| 23 | William did n't know what it was — flood or earthquake , drought or famine , or a combination of all four — but they moved , and they took the fleas and the bacilli with them , and somewhere in their travels they encountered the black rat rattus rattus , and the drama began to move along a bit , because rattus rattus was a vagabond and a great little mover . |
| 24 | She seemed very beautiful to him , and his heart began to move within him . |
| 25 | After tea the batsman continued to play their shots and the runs came , but the ball began to move around and wickets fell , too . |
| 26 | Piphros ' head began to move from side to side , the entire body shaking , and oozing moisture . |
| 27 | Martin strode quickly towards him , picked up the phone , said , ‘ Yes ? ’ then listened ; and as he did so his head began to move in small jerks as he looked from side to side . |
| 28 | He looked at me as if he could not believe his eyes , and a faint , doubtful smile began to move his lips . |
| 29 | Crudely put , authority and leadership began to move from traditional leaders , be they the old pro Jordanian élite or the post-1976 pro-PLO mayors ( most of whom had been eliminated by the authorities ) , into new but less visible hands . |
| 30 | Roses in the second category — including those that have been repeated flowering well into autumn — are pruned towards the end of the winter dormancy period when the sap begins to move , and the axillary growth buds begin to swell . |