Example sentences of "beginning [to-vb] [art] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are beginning to see how the whole thing fits together and again , I think , we are beginning to see a somewhat " catastrophic " picture . |
| 2 | In that respect the game is certainly true to the movie , but it 's beginning to age a little now , since the release of its successors . |
| 3 | Jessamy stood in the centre of the drive , beginning to shake a little with reaction . |
| 4 | When it came to casting , it was thought that Jean-Paul Belmondo would be the best choice to play the Charrière role , although his international renown was beginning to fade a little . |
| 5 | If Mr Kinnock 's voice is beginning to grate a little after less than a month 's campaigning , is there a risk that the populace as a whole will not take to his Welsh lilt , should he get into Number 10 ? |
| 6 | In some areas the birth of a child might add a shilling or more a week to the wage , leading to some pessimistic projections of runaway demographic increase , notably by followers of Thomas Malthus whose " Essay on Population " of 1798 was the most important ideological underpinning for the views of those who were beginning to urge a much harsher attitude towards the poor as the cost of their relief surged . |
| 7 | She often unconsciously imitated her father 's voice , and , like him , was beginning to drink a little too much occasionally , out of boredom . |
| 8 | He 's been getting acting lessons and , on the phone from Tel Aviv , where he 's shooting a film called The Eleventh Station , he agrees that simple muscled heave is beginning to look a little dated . |
| 9 | One senior courtier said later : ‘ There is no doubt that this is an issue which concerns the Prince of Wales but it is beginning to look a little cynical . |
| 10 | The town hall 's model was showing some signs of age and beginning to look a little dated . |
| 11 | As the heat is on for community care implementation and tempers among your workmates may be beginning to fray a little at the edges , welcome news has arrived courtesy of Bart 's Conferences . |
| 12 | With the high levels of unemployment among young people , these are beginning to form an increasingly important sector of activity . |
| 13 | ‘ Make a note of that , ’ the professor said to his assistant , sitting down at his desk and beginning to read a very fat , serious-looking book . |
| 14 | I had seen that ominous trembling of the limbs before and now the filly was beginning to sway a little . |
| 15 | It was only their second week and Flavia , a little puzzled , a little awed , at times , was at ease now with the alien friend , the tender and exciting alien she was beginning to love a little . |
| 16 | The beer was just beginning to turn a little sour in his stomach , and his bladder felt very full . |
| 17 | But the fact that you 've had a go at the questionnaire means that you are at least beginning to think a little positively . |
| 18 | I am beginning to have a very nasty feeling about this one . |
| 19 | Their sense of tradition is also very strong and instead of dying out in 1951 when enthusiasm was beginning to wane a little , it was revitalised when Stanley Robshaw took it in hand and set it firmly on its feet again . |
| 20 | But really I do n't think so , although I did speak to the Reading manager Ian Porterfield a few minutes ago and he does seem relaxed and so do his players , so you know I am a little worried now , now we 're getting nearer kick-off I 'm beginning to get a little more worried . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm beginning to get a pretty good idea , ’ said Tabitha . |
| 22 | The buying is said to be largely from America , where investors are beginning to take a more optimistic view of their economy while showing concern about renewed Middle East tension . |
| 23 | They were doing so because they were beginning to take a more optimistic view of the housing market and the economy in general , he added . |
| 24 | The ice , if not broken , was beginning to soften a little . |
| 25 | It was then six thirty and I was beginning to feel a little more alive . |
| 26 | She was beginning to feel a little drowsy , a combination of the effect of the wine and the amount of food she had consumed . |
| 27 | My last visit was in the early part of this year when she said she was beginning to feel a little ‘ frail ’ and was admitted to hospital . |
| 28 | He was beginning to feel a little trapped by Miss Bamfield 's attention . |
| 29 | An evening in Guy 's company , trying to hide this new throb of awareness which was beginning to throw an entirely different light on her gruesome experience with Mortimer ? |