Example sentences of "[pron] began by [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I began by taking the cable-car and the chairlift beyond it , then wandered up the lower glacier to the hut . |
| 2 | I began by describing the position as Labour Members see it . |
| 3 | She began by destroying the contents of the studio , slashing all his canvases , painted or not , then tracking the felon himself , and mounting an assault that literally brought him to his knees , in fear for his balls . |
| 4 | She began by rewriting the syllabus to bring it in line with GCSE , which involved some reduction in content . |
| 5 | We began by considering the concept of a ‘ mental lexicon ’ and we described the evolution of the Logogen Model of word recognition . |
| 6 | We began by studying the Bible and trying to relate what it said to our daily lives and the problems of the community . |
| 7 | It began by stating the need for an organisational form which could attract trade-unionists and for a ‘ radical Social and Economic programme ’ . |
| 8 | He began by telling the machine all about Zambia , to which it responded sagely , ‘ In humanity 's attempt to obtain the best of both genders , it appears to have harvested the worst . ’ |
| 9 | He began by taking the wrong road out of Burford , then tried this lane to get back to the A40 . |
| 10 | On the contrary , he began by examining the material aspect of production in general , and the exchange aspects of this material production , saying : |