Example sentences of "began [conj] he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before another reading of this poem on the same visit , he announced that it began where he had begun , and that it ended where he and his wife hoped to end — in the parish church of a Somerset village ; he could see now the pattern of his life completed . |
| 2 | Robert Hamer planned to follow Kind Hearts and Coronets with a sexually-charged film set in the West Indies , with Vivien Leigh in the key role , but this was cancelled two weeks before shooting began and he quit the studio in a huff . |
| 3 | ‘ Carrie began but he glared at her icily . |
| 4 | ‘ What … ? ’ she began but he put his finger to his lips in a warning gesture . |
| 5 | World War II began before he took his degree . |
| 6 | The operation to ship Rudman back to Britain began after he waived his right to appeal to the Irish High Court , and then the Supreme Court , against extradition , a process which could have taken months . |
| 7 | Oliver had his own ideas on this , which he could hardly put to Mrs Figgis-Hewett ; they involved her dramatic appearance before the dinner began when he had worked out she could have added something to Sir Thomas 's drink in the confusion . |
| 8 | On Oct. 16 in Killeen , Texas , 35-year-old George Hennard killed 22 people and wounded 15 , in an attack which began when he drove a truck through the window of a cafeteria . |
| 9 | Simultaneously he increasingly involved himself in the literary life of London , a change in the balance of his career which began when he made the acquaintance of the poet , Alfred ( later first Baron ) Tennyson [ q.v. ] , who in 1867 commissioned Knowles to design his house in Aldworth , Sussex . |
| 10 | After a massive public row which began when he thought his wife had forgotten his 49th birthday , the forlorn star said : ‘ I have made up my mind , the marriage is over . ’ |
| 11 | The inspiration began when he stepped on to the tee five minutes early , just taking it all in . |
| 12 | His interest in the theatre began when he saw ( Sir ) Henry Irving [ q.v. ] act in The Rivals . |
| 13 | Sterland 's long exile began when he injured ankle ligaments in the game at Tottenham on March 7 . |
| 14 | The 28-year-old , whose interest in running began when he represented his school as a teenage athlete , has competed in three Potteries Marathons clocking up his best time of three hours and two minutes . |
| 15 | His battle with litter louts began when he joined the village car committee , and he regularly zooms around on his bicycle , stopping to pick up refuse with his hand-operated stick . |
| 16 | Martin 's route to the top began when he joined the Bradford Duke of Edinburgh 's Award Centre — the only centre of its kind in the country — and gained his bronze and silver awards . |
| 17 | He began as he continued . |
| 18 | Plasterer Steve 's hat-trick of sorrows began as he clambered into his car outside his home at Sherborne , Dorset , late for the kick-off . |
| 19 | ‘ May , ’ Otley began as he groped his way towards me . |
| 20 | ‘ Tweed ’ , Evans began as he handed a cut-glass tumbler to Morgan , ‘ has arrived in Germany . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , you must admit — ’ she began as he handed her a glass . |