Example sentences of "and begin [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Once people overcome their fears about computers and begin to use them in telecottages , they acquire their own equipment .
2 And s and begin to drive them with a consolidated plan .
3 The finings attract yeast and other particles and begin to drag them to the bottom of the tank .
4 We staggered out and began to use it as a battering ram against the locked door .
5 The farmer tapped out his pipe on the half door and began to fill it with black shag from a battered tin .
6 She looked around her despairingly and began to push him towards the pantry .
7 Gazzer grabbed the wheelchair and began to push it along the paths in between the flower-beds .
8 ‘ The things I do for that boy , ’ mused Mary , as she jumped off the bike and began to push it up Station Hill .
9 Gabriel took over John Coffin 's neglected cup and began to drink it in anxious little sips .
10 Then she took out a comb , and began to set it into some kind of order .
11 Franz pulled Therese 's arm through his and began to lead her up the track towards the car park , but she stopped and looked back .
12 ‘ Think yourselves lucky , ’ Kadan observed as he dumped the bedding and equipment that he had scavenged on their behalf on the grass and began to sort it into piles .
13 He took off his spectacles and began to clean them with his handkerchief .
14 While he was talking to her , Melissa took the twins out of the pushchair and began to carry them around the store , one balanced on each hip , until she found somewhere to sit down .
15 After a few days of this treatment , Moz began to feel less threatened by his owner , and began to greet her at the gate .
16 Then , slowly , she reached for her brush from the dresser , and began to slide it through the unruly tangle of her hair , taming the fly-away curls until they settled into a softly gleaming curtain that fell over her shoulders .
17 Sister Cooney picked up a pile of books and began to replace them on the shelves .
18 Frank took off his glasses and began to polish them in the sheet with enthusiasm .
19 He extended his arm fully and began to waggle it in an arc across the faces of the congregation .
20 Bryony took the toast out and began to smear it with tomato chutney .
21 The ship reached the coastline just after sunrise and began to follow it in a south-easterly direction down to the sea .
22 He emerged then and she dropped her hand self-consciously , straightened her dress and tried to rearrange her expression into one of indifferent professionalism as an attractive blonde girl draped herself decorously around his neck and began to kiss him with quite unnecessary passion .
23 He ignored the partially melted ice , and began to shaft her with unbounded enthusiasm .
24 He took hold of her by the shoulders and began to shake her with all his strength , forcing her back through the hall towards the staircase .
25 Then she skirted the table , gripped her stepmother by the shoulders , and began to shake her as if she was no more than a rag doll .
26 Silver roused the others and began to coax them into the field .
27 But Mary was out so I gave him the letter and began to tell him about the trouble at home .
28 Your captain , Seru , was here earlier this morning and began to tell him about the holes in the AOL .
29 Three figures , their faces muffled by cloaks and broad-brimmed hats , seized me and began to beat me as if I was some dog .
30 And they spat on him , and took the reed and began to beat him on the head , and after they had mocked him they took his robe off and put his garments on them and led him away to be , to crucify him .
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