Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] as [pers pn] begin [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You would have spent the night in my arms , Caroline , ’ he caught her hands in one of his as she began to raise them , ‘ crying out my name as I touched you , begging me to take you over and over again , until finally the sun chased away the darkness . ’ |
| 2 | I follow him down , lose him in a small cloud , recover visual contact , and stay just above him as he begins to circle . |
| 3 | Disturbed , Maria turned away from him as he began buttoning his shirt . |
| 4 | He straightened up and put his hand under her arm , sending an illogical tremor running through her as they began to walk slowly towards the bow of the ship . |
| 5 | ‘ I thought I 'd left that behind , ’ she murmured to him as she began to mount the stairs . |
| 6 | She finished her own coffee , listening to him as he began to talk about his friend Denzil . |