Example sentences of "[pron] began by [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each interview was with a single-sex group of girls or boys , and I began by asking them to choose their favourite character or person on TV and tell me a bit about them . |
| 2 | I began by asking her if she liked boys . |
| 3 | She began by assuring me that no disease is 100 per cent fatal . |
| 4 | In carefully structured interviews on the concept of God with three and four-year old children she found that if she began by asking them to distinguish between objects which were man-made and ones which were natural and then to speculate about origins in each case , a majority of the responses referred to the natural objects being made by God or an unknown power ( almost half and half responses on this ) . |
| 5 | We began by asking her how she came to be in broadcasting . |
| 6 | He began by telling her about his bid for G.W. Fashions and the antagonism it had sparked among his rivals . |
| 7 | Two days before the funeral Henry was asked to give a short speech , and although he began by saying he would not be able to talk , did n't think he could get the words out , was no orator , ended , of course by accepting . |
| 8 | He began by saying he had been asked to speak on censorship and that he had been upset by the reception meted out to Sinead O'Connor at the Madison Square Garden Bob Dylan tribute . |