Example sentences of "he start [verb] [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm standing there the silly bloke , he stood near where the gas equipment was and I was standing there both hands clenched ready for him to start saying something ! |
| 2 | Plus a warning not to let him start doing anything of his own . |
| 3 | As he disappears behind a safety curtain of blue smoke he starts to say something , but he coughs on the smoke . |
| 4 | He wants every single penny accounted for before he starts doing anything . |
| 5 | He starts to read one , clearly hoping to find the answer in the small print . |
| 6 | He started accusing everyone from Sam Gristy to Jan Treffry himself of meddling with his fish barrels , and insisted on one of Sam 's barrels being opened as well ; but when it was found to be brim full Martha told him in plain terms that as far as she was concerned , he had lost the contest . |
| 7 | He started to say something but she cut in . |
| 8 | Then he started to say something . |
| 9 | He started to say something , then appeared to think better of it . |
| 10 | He started to play one and a look of pain flickered across Blanche 's face as if someone was trying to shave her legs with a blunt razor . |
| 11 | He was usually in a good mood when he started to make something , though he did n't often finish it . |