Example sentences of "[was/were] beginning [to-vb] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | The three androids had fallen over , too , but they were still functioning , and were beginning to aim their blasters . |
| 2 | If men were beginning to abandon their fear of hell , they were clinging with some tenacity to their hopes of heaven , as we shall see in chapter nine . |
| 3 | By now German commanders were beginning to lose their nerve . |
| 4 | On balance , however , it looks as though by May 1183 Henry II and Richard were beginning to lose their grip on the war . |
| 5 | In his memory , Sue and Arabella were beginning to lose their separate outlines . |
| 6 | He could sense that his parents despaired of him and were beginning to put their efforts into his stronger rival and that soon … |
| 7 | The young of that year were beginning to leave their home territories , pairs were beginning to relax and there was a sense of change in the air again . |
| 8 | The pressure was becoming too much for him , and though at first they had taken the challenge with both hands , and had almost made a joke of it , now the months of confinement and running , running and confinement , the eternal hiding , were beginning to take their toll of his spirit . |
| 9 | Her emotional upsets were beginning to take their toll , and she knew that if she thought about the hopelessness of her love for Silas she 'd begin to weep . |
| 10 | Outside , Marxist socialism was beginning to be given attention by orators , and syndicalist trade unionists were beginning to flex their industrial muscles . |
| 11 | Even Moscow 's lower orders , it seemed , were beginning to voice their disquiet . |
| 12 | Curricula remained largely confined to ‘ the three Rs ’ and to rote-learning , although more adventurous , again mainly urban , school , boards , especially those of London , were beginning to widen their curricula and to provide ‘ higher elementary ’ education for older children . |
| 13 | Evidently he had rejected the Keynesianism of the past , though the course of economic debate now suggested that apostles of the old orthodoxy were beginning to recover their confidence . |
| 14 | It would have been too much to hope for one capable of answering any of the questions that were beginning to raise their heads in her sleep-muffled brain . |
| 15 | From a socialist point of view the government was barren , yet incomes policy and fiscal restraint were beginning to produce their intended effects and the expansion of world trade was benefiting the economy . |
| 16 | This self-propelled weapon was not yet a serious threat ; it still had an effective range of less than a mile , but the tiny torpedo-boats which were beginning to make their appearance heralded a whole new range of warships for the future . |