Example sentences of "[noun sg] begins [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The larger female is more heavily marked , this helps to make her better camouflaged on the ground nest she builds in the Arctic spring , immediately after the snow begins to melt . |
| 2 | The tadpoles of Couch 's spadefoot will attack weakened and partially metamorphosed individuals when the pond begins to dry out , but will not attack healthy tadpoles . |
| 3 | In this little world of sheep , pigs , bread-oven , and books , closely bounded on all sides by the surrounding woods , the whole tenor of his thinking begins to alter . |
| 4 | Tension begins to melt . |
| 5 | Celluloid begins to yawn and flower |
| 6 | Scientific research begins to pay off with spectacular dividends in the fields of medicine , physics and chemistry . |
| 7 | 2 His fist is intercepted by the forearm block , and at the same time the defender begins to lift her foot . |
| 8 | Free sparring 1 : the attacker begins a reverse punch while the defender begins to spring . |
| 9 | 2 The defender begins to spin through 180° . |
| 10 | It is from Paul , and Paul alone , that a new religion begins to emerge — not a form of Judaism , but a rival and ultimately an adversary to Judaism . |
| 11 | Any dictionary begins to go out of date as soon as it is published . |
| 12 | When the friendship begins to fail , he says : ‘ What she drew out of me remained extraordinary to me . ’ |
| 13 | According to the NAS report , it is very hard to work out the level at which a chemical begins to do damage . |
| 14 | Many diets fail because they do not provide the variety of foods that the body craves and after a couple of enthusiastic days the willpower begins to weaken . |
| 15 | The present improvement has for its object to compensate for the disturbance of the balance between the upgoing and downgoing lifts which occurs by the immersion of the latter in the water at the foot of the incline , and the improvement consists in gradually diminishing the gradient at the upper end of the incline so as to avoid the great increase of haulage power which would otherwise be required to raise the ascending lift from about the moment when the descending dock begins to enter the water . |
| 16 | As the booze begins to flow , so does Hughes 's writing . |
| 17 | As the weather changes , the boat begins to roll a little , and the tables in the bar resume their metallic conversation . |
| 18 | For , once we have made the first approach to the Landshut Virgin and acquired a first set of impressions , the changeableness of the figure begins to work on us further , now less in the dimension of greater or lesser distance and more in the angle of view . |
| 19 | The typhoon shelters at Aberdeen and Mong Kok start to fill with craft , their prudent masters and owners looking uneasily at the eastern sky as it blackens and darkens , and as the wind begins to sing in the telephone wires , the unsecured edges of roofs begin to flap and creak , and the streets are busy with flying litter , and dust . |
| 20 | The wind begins to moan ghoulishly between their blistered tubular legs . |
| 21 | As the wind begins to build , the boom should continue to be carried on the centreline and you should not attempt to sheet the main using the vang : because the boom is so long , the mainsheet is a more effective control . |
| 22 | In stress the undermining of self-confidence and self-esteem begins to overflow from its original forum and adulterate other areas of life . |
| 23 | Yet too often he lets his own facility run away with him and the result begins to seem breathless rather than breathtaking . |
| 24 | But when , however , the expansion slows down , the gravitational effect begins to assert itself . |
| 25 | The remainder of the chapter begins to open up the question of what impact new technology is having on whatever jobs may remain . |
| 26 | How long it endures — how long the Pacific wave will stand before it breaks , how full the chorus sings until it wavers , how long before the brilliance of the light begins to dim — can not even be guessed . |
| 27 | Children have boundless curiosity and enthusiasm until they begin to ‘ Know ’ , and cynicism the arch destroyer of zest begins to take over . |
| 28 | This programme of study begins to introduce young children to the concept of " the Past " . |
| 29 | But I think the analogy begins to break down and I 'll go on to erm straight forward thinking in Richmondshire erm where we would n't recognize an elephant if we saw one . |
| 30 | Instead of ripening into an edible delight , the emotion begins to rot and decay , and eventually its poison spreads throughout our body , often re-emerging as illness and disease . |