Example sentences of "[noun sg] start [verb] [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I like it when she says ‘ Surprise , Surprise ’ , it 's so funny , and I like it when they all start crying , 'cos they 're happy and they all start crying 'cos they 're thick and my mum starts to cry and you say ‘ Why are you crying , it 's meant to be happy ? ’ and she goes ‘ Weaarrh ’ . |
| 2 | That in itself does n't matter cos you 're coping , but I suspect what happens is every now and again you get a little blip and your your breathing starts to alter and you get a little breathless , |
| 3 | He must have seen my expression , for he said , ‘ This car makes a noise if you do n't fasten your seat-belt , and a light starts flashing if you have n't closed the door . |
| 4 | Her car started to overheat and she stopped on the hard shoulder . |
| 5 | My eyes were immediately attracted to the table and my mouth started watering when I saw the home-made cakes and jam tarts laid out on a white lace tablecloth . |
| 6 | It does not follow , however , that incised meanders are necessarily signs of rejuvenation , as if a stream starts to meander before it attains grade it may incise its own meanders to some extent without being rejuvenated . |
| 7 | The sight of a fearsome bully , intent on picking a fight , may fill us with such terror when our imagination starts working that we have lost the battle before it has even begun . |
| 8 | Hence his reluctance to start painting before he had mastered the incredibly difficult art of drawing — and drawing the figure especially . |
| 9 | His wattle started to quiver and he buried his head in Chicken Likken 's feathers again . |
| 10 | The youngest child in the lorry started to cry as he saw a skinny boy crumple in the road . |
| 11 | Then , all of a sudden , there was a sort of bang and the dog started yelping and I thought he must have fallen or something and that he might be hurt . |
| 12 | But it was n't until the sawdust started flying that I remembered , my drink ! |
| 13 | Duncan enjoyed the moment of take-off , that split second when the bird starts to fly as it comes free of the land . |