Example sentences of "and i begin [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I began to be conscious of my unnatural state , and cry in the night sometimes for no real reason except that I wanted a man beside me — any man at all , I sometimes thought , and the little voice which had been so snooty before , now held its peace on the subject . |
| 2 | I could not make her understand it was herself , and I began to be afraid that her illness was real . |
| 3 | There was no sign of her at tea-time , and I began to be seriously worried . |
| 4 | Harold Davies covered the City Hall , the mayor 's office and the C.P.R. offices ; Jim Miller covered the Police Station and the High Courts , when in session , and I began with the funeral parlour beat and the Board of Trade office , plus weekly meetings and speeches at the Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs in the Grant Hall Hotel . |
| 5 | Each interview was with a single-sex group of girls or boys , and I began by asking them to choose their favourite character or person on TV and tell me a bit about them . |
| 6 | I shall try to show that our political practices accept integrity as a distinct virtue , and I begin with what I hope will strike you as a puzzle . |
| 7 | I want this morning to consider the effect of some of those issues on our planet and particularly on our atmosphere , and I begin by considering the ozone layer . |
| 8 | However , I disagree strongly with some of her comments and I begin by disagreeing with her that the north-east is as isolated as she thinks it is . |