Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] he began [to-vb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | But perhaps he could think of no words bad enough because he began to cry instead , loud , gasping sobs , eyes wide and streaming . |
| 2 | Coming to London as a young clerk attached to the Board of Trade , it was not long before he began to take an interest in political affairs , and his remarkable gift for public speaking was developed at the old Battersea Parliament , to which belonged many men who have since played important roles in public life … including Stanley ( now Lord ) Buckmaster , John Burns and Horatio Bottomley … . |
| 3 | Just as he began to hoist her upwards , she turned on him and snapped , ‘ Leave me alone ! |
| 4 | Just as he began to fear that he was running for his life through a nightmare landscape that had no end , the ground suddenly opened to reveal the rushing waters of the beck and the section of crumbling stone wall on its other side . |
| 5 | He did have one last setback , however : as long as he was not reciting he was free from tension in the neck but , as soon as he began to use his voice , all his old habits returned . |
| 6 | As soon as he began to march south , German mercenaries and then men from the non-Norman states came to offer their services . |
| 7 | She heard the excitement in Stephen 's voice as soon as he began to speak . |
| 8 | But with Blufton the spell , the sense that he was engaged in some elaborate , magical charade , was broken as soon as he began to speak . |
| 9 | Steven Horsfield , 13 , has helped his 19-year-old brother , Paul , ever since he began to lose his sight six years ago . |
| 10 | Mr Frohnmayer 's standing at the White House fell rapidly as he began to understand what was at stake , and came to appreciate some of the challenging yet easily misrepresented art the NEA had subsidised . |
| 11 | It all came back once he began to think about it . |
| 12 | She knelt before the fire , facing Raynor now , leaning her head back as he began to explore her body , feeling his hands , tentatively at first and then growing more assured , sliding over her shoulders and her breasts … |
| 13 | She could see his old confidence flooding back as he began to realize that everything was working out very conveniently … . |
| 14 | Now as he began to understand the story in its full horror , his face was like an old man 's . |
| 15 | Almost immediately he began to share with us the intense enthusiasm of his Christian faith . |
| 16 | She paused , then as he began to protest she added . |
| 17 | Despite these optimistic thoughts , and his excitement , Ybreska stopped singing abruptly as he began to walk along the track . |