Example sentences of "began [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Members began to go out into the country on day trips , and the first cricket match between two deaf clubs in the country , which later led to the formation of inter-institute sports activities of billiards , darts , and other sports , took place on 23rd July 1892 at Manchester between Manchester Deaf and Dumb Institute and the Bolton and Bury Institutes . |
| 2 | Bradford showed little of the enterprising approach that has been helping them shed a dour image this season , but it was not until the 64th minute that they began to slide out of the contest . |
| 3 | They were surprised to see leather helmets and the glitter of ranked steel among the rock-throwing denizens of the north bank and to receive several arrows , harmless in the teeth of the wind , as they began to swing round to the south shore to accomplish their landing . |
| 4 | As the day wore on they heard everywhere around them the rill of running water , and grass began to poke up through the snow in clumps . |
| 5 | I just wanted the fight to stop before you began wading in with the rucksack . ’ |
| 6 | Slowly , I began to swim along under the castle walls . |
| 7 | ‘ Do n't you dare presume to tell me what I need ! ’ she spat , trembling as she began to clamber on to the quayside . |
| 8 | We had both had quite a happy day ; but as the sun began to creep round to the west and to decline , I had a feeling of unease . |
| 9 | Mr Abello was the fourth-ranking person in the Medellin cartel and the most important suspect arrested since Colombia began cracking down on the cocaine barons nearly two months ago , the department said . |
| 10 | Using the same forthrightness as her brother , she took Hilary 's arm in a firm grip and began walking back to the house . |
| 11 | Instead of turning left over the canal bridge which would have taken him into the village , he turned right and began walking out of the village on the Brookend road . |
| 12 | Owen never repeated this claim in the pre-Darwinian era , but liberal theologians such as the Oxford mathematician and philosopher Baden Powell began to come around to the idea of ‘ designed evolution ’ during the 1850s . |
| 13 | At the congress Carlsson declared that the emergence of a new security system in Europe based on the 1975 Helsinki accords meant that Sweden 's neutrality no longer " bore the same heavy burden " , and the party began to come round to the view of both industry and the two major opposition parties ( M and Fp ) that Sweden should apply for membership of the European Communities ( EC , which it did in July 1991 — see p. 38353 ) . |
| 14 | People began to come back into the block . |
| 15 | He began to come back down the tunnel towards her . |
| 16 | When results began to come in from the field researchers , Highlander served as the collection , organisation and computation centre , and held workshops to allow participants to draw some very marked comparisons and contrasts from the raw data . |
| 17 | She began to scrabble about in the dirt . |
| 18 | But disappointment began to set in by the time the ballot boxes had been emptied , and when the second stage of the count began , at 12.45 a.m. , it soon became clear that it would be a two-horse race . |
| 19 | She looked over her shoulder , shook her head again , and began to walk back towards the stairway to the gallery . |
| 20 | She turned round and quickly began to walk back towards the door . |
| 21 | They began to walk back towards the house . |
| 22 | Isobel turned and began to walk back towards the house . |
| 23 | With Thérèse at her side she began to walk back towards the house . |
| 24 | People began to walk back towards the house . |
| 25 | He began to walk back towards the house . |
| 26 | With such dignity as I could manage I began to walk back to the village . |
| 27 | when Sir Henry left the house and began to walk back to the Hall |
| 28 | The brave man turned his back on Silver and began to walk back to the beach . |
| 29 | The children began filing out of the classroom . |
| 30 | It was at about this time that Charles acquired a tutor and through him began to look out on the world through a learned man 's eyes . |