Example sentences of "began [verb] [adv] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | With his free hand he started shaking his wallet until the money began to fall out on to the desk . |
| 2 | She turned away from him and began to walk blindly back to the car . |
| 3 | They did not make any hurry about it and Balor writhed and flailed helplessly and blood began to run out on to the ground beneath him . |
| 4 | Forming into a huge and solidly packed square the combined army began to move steadily back towards the gate . |
| 5 | Constance had been sound asleep for an hour before the double-engined train began to jerk laboriously out of the station , leaving many travellers on the platform to wait who knew how long for the next express . |