Example sentences of "began [verb] his " in BNC.

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31 With Pilger out of the way , Sutton began to find his way around the organization on his own .
32 It was only after the Cultural Revolution had ended and travel within China had once again become a possibility , that Zeng began to find his feet photographically .
33 He began to find his own satisfactions in doing well at school , in his friends , in his drawings .
34 McCann came from behind to take each of the first two sets before Robertson began to find his touch .
35 His weight had increased since their marriage , and she began to dread his nightly activity , but she accepted it without complaint as the price she had to pay for Corrie .
36 He began banging his head against the wall , vomiting up his food , lost a great deal of weight and was eventually taken to hospital .
37 The assistant began banging his calculator on the ground and holding it up to his ear
38 Frank began to shake his head violently .
39 For the first time he stopped grinning , and , resting his elbows on his knees and his head on his hands , began to shake his head from side to side .
40 Hammond laughed and began to shake his head , then stopped , seeing how Kim was looking at him .
41 He began to shake his head in denial , but Chen jabbed the gun hard against his head , drawing blood .
42 David began signing his letters The Boss and I think he quite liked it , ’ says Charman .
43 He began phoning both Clift and Brando ; Clift tried to discourage Dean , who began signing his letters ‘ James ( Brando-Clift ) Dean ’ .
44 He stretched willingly across her knees , and she began to wallop his bare backside with sharp , stinging blows .
45 Stok crossed his arms across his face and began to pull his shirt off , and his words were lost beneath the white cotton .
46 So Soapy decided to go to prison , and at once began to try his first plan .
47 Although Paul usually forgot his dreams on waking in the morning , he began to remember his dreams and started to keep a diary of what he had dreamt .
48 During his time with the Royal Free Courtney began publicising his foundation .
49 He lifted Patrick 's hands and arms and let them fall , he shook his shoulders and moved his head to and fro , then he began to stroke his face , carefully as if he were moulding it .
50 Killion steepened his dive and began picking his targets .
51 Then he began to chew his fist .
52 With that the tiger began to sharpen his teeth and claws in a very frightening manner .
53 He began to clean his teeth , jabbing at his mouth , then dropped the toothbrush on to the floor .
54 He shook out its scalpel creases and began to clean his hands .
55 The sleepy-eyed girl brought one across and Benjamin began to clean his teeth .
56 Although his Spanish translation of the Mishnah was never published , and indeed is now lost , when Surenhusius began publishing his own Latin version at Amsterdam in 1698 he paid tribute to Abendana 's work .
57 But beers are his real passion and around two years ago he began filling his shelves with an ever-increasing selection .
58 McCarty-Cooper soon gave up decorating , and began to sell his mentor 's collection in order to support an extravagant lifestyle .
59 This was on the isle of Anglesey and Bullock , using the ancient Welsh name as a clever marketing ploy , began to sell his ‘ Mona marble ’ .
60 Doctor Mirabilis 's reputation now enhanced by this miracle , he began to sell his jars and philtres of crushed diamond , skin of newt collected at midnight , batwing , marjoram , fennel and hyssop .
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