Example sentences of "begun [to-vb] [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A gruel of rain , threatening to thicken into snow , had begun to fall as he journeyed in from Kennedy , and the weather reports promised cold and more cold . |
| 2 | He added : ‘ The IRA , for too long , has been able to conceal its real sectarianism but recently the mask has begun to slip as they become more desperate for political success . ’ |
| 3 | Maxim tried to turn his head to see , but Billy Dann had already begun to talk before he came into view , with Dave Tanner limping behind . |
| 4 | She did n't look up when I said I was sorry I had been unkind , just went on opening drawers and dropping things and muttering ; I had begun to wonder if she had heard me , when she said , ‘ All right , all right , I 'm going just as soon as I can get my things together , I 'm not one to stay where I 'm not wanted . ’ |
| 5 | After two weeks he had begun to wonder if he had done the right thing . |
| 6 | The debate about the vulnerability of land-based missiles has been going on so long that a few cynics have begun to wonder if it matters all that much . |
| 7 | A new set of feelings about the baby had begun to emerge since I had nearly lost it , and I wanted to be sure that they were going to take root before I risked dispersing them with talk . |
| 8 | She had been horrified at the botch Ruth made of it and Ruth had begun to wish that she had taken a few of Hester 's proffered lessons . |
| 9 | Mandy had begun to whistle as she worked on Charity 's hair . |
| 10 | It is not something any pilot would wish to happen on take-off , when power is at full thrust and the plane has only begun to fly as it approaches the end of the runway . |
| 11 | But even that last saving grace of their relationship had begun to collapse when she had had to spend so much of her time down in Devon , looking after her father and his chaotic affairs . |
| 12 | Perhaps she had begun to realise that she had been the victim of an unhappy marriage , rather than simply the cause of one . |
| 13 | The women sitting around the room had begun to stir once they had seen the money . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'd begun to think that I 'd scared you away . |
| 15 | Actually , I have begun to think that I do belong to a time , but it is separated by so many decades from theirs that I reproach myself . |
| 16 | He 'd begun to scowl before she had even finished her sentence . |
| 17 | The train had begun to move before she imparted this piece of information and Robbie had to run along the platform . |
| 18 | Mildred held out her arm to see if it had begun to reappear but it had n't . |
| 19 | I was also interested in the possible help for tension , worry and lowering my blood pressure which had lately begun to rise and which concerned me greatly . |
| 20 | Perhaps the mightiest indoor rally ever held in Britain , Mosley had no sooner begun to speak than it became clear that organised Red gangs , each hundreds strong , were occupying positions in every part of the huge arena … with the sole intention of preventing the speech being heard . |