Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [to-vb] and [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All her grief began to go and her eyes closed slowly . |
| 2 | Then the wind began to blow and he began to feel cold and afraid . |
| 3 | Her car started to overheat and she stopped on the hard shoulder . |
| 4 | My mind refused to clear and I felt delirious , like in a dream where everything slows down and you ca n't reach your destination . |
| 5 | Her grip began to slacken and he kicked a little harder , perhaps sensing a reprieve , and he managed to turn his head around so that he could look at her . |
| 6 | The bubbles of foam trembled to mist and I sensed the house become dangerous , a mirage to my eyes . |
| 7 | His wattle started to quiver and he buried his head in Chicken Likken 's feathers again . |
| 8 | My nose started to bleed and my eyes streamed with water . |
| 9 | But the tumour continued to grow and she finally opted for surgery and chemotherapy . |
| 10 | The demand for flour continued to rise and it soon became apparent that considerable savings in both costs and labour could be effected if the repeated handling and transportation could be reduced . |
| 11 | A firm , insistent hand between my shoulder-blades pushed me further into the room ; my feet moved , but my body refused to follow and I realised I was standing at an angle . |
| 12 | Her foot began to tingle and she shifted her position . |
| 13 | As she opened the front door the phone began to ring and she rushed to answer it . |
| 14 | ( Errors in calculation have been made at times , but discovered only when the water began to flow and it was found that the levada went uphill . ) |
| 15 | There had been a moment when he sat back and looked at her , naked and submissive in the grass , and his heart started to sing and his mind spun into a dazzling vision of what might be … because we can only ever be a might-have-been , my dear love … that little boy with dark mischievous eyes , slender and supple , and Ireland 's future Prince … |
| 16 | Eventually the ground seemed to stabilize and there was a long silence during which the mist curled slowly upwards . |
| 17 | Second to reach the new mother " when her baby began to walk and her thoughts naturally turned to shoes . |
| 18 | Then the Annamite woman began to sob and he relented at last and raised himself from her ; still moaning quietly to herself she scrambled from the cot onto the dirt floor , gathered her scraps of clothing together and fled past the American woman into the rain . |
| 19 | The man began to speak and it was Silver 's voice . |
| 20 | He was elected a member of the Aeronautical Society in 1868 , and with his prize money erected a building seventy feet long in which to continue his experiments , but his sight began to fail and he was unable to make any further progress . |
| 21 | The door began to close and I put out a hand to stop it . |
| 22 | Then his leg began to hurt and we had to stop to rearrange the straw and blanket . |
| 23 | Many historians agree that there is a difference between what the state aimed to achieve and what it actually achieved . |
| 24 | Silver recommend bringing both edge needles to the holding position and having one holding lever set to hold and one to knit . |
| 25 | My hand seemed to explode and I think I must have screamed . |
| 26 | A thick , choking smoke arose but the rug began to burn and she dropped it with a cry . |
| 27 | His hand began to shudder and his eyes watered . |
| 28 | There was not a lot of the ship left to see and it was very cold , below zero in fact . |
| 29 | The excitement of the adventure started to dissipate and I was left with the cold reality of knowing that I was on a train with hardly any money , no ticket and nowhere to go . |
| 30 | It was by then already obvious that the schools had overcome their first reservations er about what the scheme had to offer and it was so obvious that they deserved recognition for their efforts that it led to my colleagues , Councillor and putting down the motion to Council in April of this year , drawing attention to the continuing success in schools throughout the district of the Local Management initiative . |