Example sentences of "[noun] began [verb] in [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But disappointment began to set in by the time the ballot boxes had been emptied , and when the second stage of the count began , at 12.45 a.m. , it soon became clear that it would be a two-horse race . |
| 2 | Inside our flat , small drifts of this sand began to blow in under the doors and through the cracks in the window frames . |
| 3 | A short blast on the ship 's siren to warn the dockyard staff ashore was followed by the thrashing of its propeller , as the transport began to manoeuvre in to the jetty . |
| 4 | The howling wind blew the broken bonnet away and rain began to flood in under the dashboard . |
| 5 | Alerted by a grapevine of unparalleled efficiency to the presence of honkies with money , hitherto undiscovered talents began swarming in from the ghettos and down from the hills , bearing tape-recordings , even guitars , for impromptu auditions . |
| 6 | A mist began to roll in off the sea ; and suddenly , before Ruth really noticed what was happening , everything beyond ten yards was blotted out . |
| 7 | When results began to come in from the field researchers , Highlander served as the collection , organisation and computation centre , and held workshops to allow participants to draw some very marked comparisons and contrasts from the raw data . |
| 8 | Now , as always at the beginning of the rainy season , dense black clouds began to roll in over the Residency from the direction of the river , advancing slowly , not more than a few feet above the ground and masking completely whatever lay in their path . |
| 9 | At Charing Cross the boatman began to pull in as the deep bend in the river became more pronounced . |