Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] begin [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You are not of that opinion ? ’ enquired Lili , her head tilted in a way that I was beginning to be familiar with . |
| 2 | I was beginning to be afraid … ’ |
| 3 | She was beginning to be afraid , in fact , that she had drunk too much . |
| 4 | However , it was beginning to be apparent that the decline in the birth rate would radically affect these calculations . |
| 5 | It was beginning to be clear there was something fearful about her mother . |
| 6 | It was beginning to be light and swallows , gathering to fly away , were noisy and busy round the eaves . |
| 7 | Maybe he was beginning to be sick , but mainly I think he was distressed . |
| 8 | Rosenberg worked hard to raise the money to have them give the American lecture tour , and he was beginning to be suspicious of Aveling , but Eleanor was devoted to him and deaf to all his antics . |