Example sentences of "the [noun pl] began " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was then beginning to wonder whether I was to return alive , as the activities began to get harder but more enjoyable . |
| 2 | They rode in five westbound trains and four eastbound trains , observing how the crowds began to thin , especially in those heading for inner London , encountering no trouble beyond some pushing and shoving by teenage boys and a smoker in the third car who put out his cigarette without protest when one of them asked him . |
| 3 | Despite ominous clouds hanging over the Malvern Hills , the crowds began arriving early at the Three Counties Showground.The Spring Gardening Show has become the regional equivalent of the Chelsea event . |
| 4 | The ropes began to cut into her flesh , as she wriggled against them to avoid cramp . |
| 5 | Shortly before nine there was a general hubbub down the corridor and the Suits began to appear from their conferences , most of them holding styrofoam cups of coffee . |
| 6 | At first the water made no difference but eventually the flames began to die until what was left of the bed was nothing but black smouldering ash . |
| 7 | In fact , one could see that Mr Lewis 's almost constant proximity to M. Dupont was proving a serious inconvenience to Lord Darlington , who was naturally keen to make close personal contact with this distinguished gentleman before the discussions began . |
| 8 | The discussions began in Tokyo in March 1982 , after Sony , Matsushita , Sanyo and Hitachi had all separately demonstrated prototype ‘ camcorders ’ ( video cameras with built-in recorders ) . |
| 9 | The artists began to hint at change ; Japanese prints were re-educating the European eye and African masks attracted the attention of the sculptor and painter . |
| 10 | Often the skirt was frilled as well making it impossible for the audience to see where the skirt ended and the knickers began . |
| 11 | It was not until the later trials that the courts began to hear about ‘ covens ’ of witches . |
| 12 | However , it was not long before the courts began to use the provision in an attempt to curb insider trading . |
| 13 | Despite this the courts began to draw a dichotomy between administrative and judicial decisions , to take a narrow view of what constituted a judicial or quasi-judicial decision and to require this as a condition precedent for the application of a right to a hearing . |
| 14 | However once the courts began to be willing to reassess the constituent elements of jurisdiction , under the collateral fact doctrine , then it was natural also to require some proof that the condition was indeed fulfilled on the facts of the particular case . |
| 15 | However , in a number of cases the courts began to indicate that some control over subjective discretion might be attained . |
| 16 | The police began giving higher priority to investigating attacks on foreigners , and the courts began to impose harsher sentences ; the prison term of two years and eight months imposed on Dec. 9 on a prominent neo-Nazi leader in eastern Germany , Thomas Dienel , was the longest sentence imposed thus far for the offence of inciting racial hatred . |
| 17 | Then the shanty-towns began to thicken till suspiciously flimsy concrete blocks announced La Paz which sat cradled deep in the mountains , a crush of modest skyscrapers and stone churches , glowing red in the late sunshine . |
| 18 | The ducks began quacking and the frogs croaking . |
| 19 | He dived under the fence and a moment later the ducks began waddling through the tunnel and into the garden . |
| 20 | Lying across the East-West divide , the Germans began to feel they had a special understanding of world peace , as well as that they had been singled out by the ‘ Great Powers ’ as Europe 's potential war playground . |
| 21 | The Germans began to put on pressure . |
| 22 | In 1940 , before the Germans began to apply pressure , the Vichy government implemented a series of laws to bar Jews from positions of influence , excluding them from the judiciary , the civil and military service , teaching , and the media . |
| 23 | Gradually they gained the upper hand and after almost a week of savage fighting the Germans began to fall back . |
| 24 | On the Left Bank the Germans began to find themselves at an increasing tactical disadvantage . |
| 25 | Internalization only followed as a consequence of that external conflict once the sons began to internalize the primal father through chronically ambivalent , guilt-ridden mourning for him . |
| 26 | When the pie was opened the birds began to shout |
| 27 | It was noted in the Faroes ( where the oystercatcher is the national bird ) , in Scotland , where the birds began to penetrate inland up the river valleys , and in Shetland , where they forsook the shingle beaches and moved to fields and even up on the heather hills . |
| 28 | All the birds began to hop up and down and twitter , opening and shutting their beaks . |
| 29 | As darkness fell , the birds began their evensong . |
| 30 | The houses began to peter out , and eventually stopped . |