Example sentences of "[vb past] [coord] began [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some British armoured cars came and began shooting from a distance , and in the chaos I shouted out to four or five brother officers and we drove off in a truck . |
| 2 | He fired again as the wounded bull turned and began galloping clumsily towards the safety of the trees , but this second shot went wide . |
| 3 | Suddenly the mob turned and began throwing rocks … |
| 4 | She saw them at the same moment and hesitated , then she turned and began walking back the way she had come . |
| 5 | He looked about him , his head lifted , his heart suddenly warmed by their concern for him , then turned and began making his way back to the imperial craft . |
| 6 | A blue Mini arrived and began manoeuvring into the limited space remaining as Melissa picked her way along the uneven path and knocked on the door of number three . |
| 7 | It was after twelve o'clock when Giles arrived and began unpacking his hammers . |
| 8 | He grinned and began pulling on his sock . |
| 9 | As I stood up , exhausted , Walter returned and began barking out his inaudible orders . |
| 10 | ‘ Ca n't take it , huh ? ’ she teased , then yelped and began laughing helplessly as he yanked her up and rolled to hold her captive beneath him . |
| 11 | The armoury was founded by Altgraf Ernst Salentin ( 1621–84 ) who inherited and began restoring the castle in 1645 following the damage of the Thirty Years War . |
| 12 | She listened to the way he spoke and began imitating his careful diction , and her natural grace was an asset when she walked at his side . |
| 13 | From the back of the hummock a figure appeared and began moving unhurriedly up the hill on an irregular route , at times coming obliquely towards the Friar , and then abruptly changing direction and seeming to go away from him : thus tacking and weaving the man was as inconspicuous as a partridge on ploughland , so that if the Friar turned his eyes from him for a moment he was difficult to rediscover , so perfectly did he merge with the duns , browns , russets , and half-greens of the wood . |
| 14 | Freddie smiled and began pulling on the rope . |
| 15 | ‘ You must , ’ he said and began walking away down the street . |
| 16 | george Best said ‘ You 're my best mate pal so you are , hic , you and me against the f**cking world , hic , f**cking best mate a bloke ever had , hic , do you want a fight or what , hic ’ George then vomited and began coughing up blood so I grabbed hold of Dennis Law who said ‘ Younaaaa theeeerm Maanchessterr Uuuniitedd younaanarr ’ . |