Example sentences of "[noun pl] started [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the bombs in the hangars started to go off they beat a hasty retreat across the field . |
| 2 | For another thing , I told a friend of mine at Corps to shuffle his documents if the frogs started looking for us . |
| 3 | As I suppose was inevitable , the story gradually became that Eric would set fire to them , not just their pet dogs ; and , as was probably also inevitable , a lot of kids started to think that I was Eric , or that I got up to the same tricks . |
| 4 | One of the kids started winding his scarf around his head , mummifying himself . |
| 5 | A white-haired little old lady pushing a pramful of quintuplets started crossing the road up ahead of us . |
| 6 | What a relief it was when a couple of hundred other leeds supporters started going crazy , so I thought what the hell and joined in . |
| 7 | Lapels started widening in late '71 & some rounded ( tulip ) lapels . |
| 8 | From some time in high summer until we left the Pit the guards started bringing us a regular supply of videos . |
| 9 | Word got around and large numbers of lads started turning up . |
| 10 | British missionaries started arriving in the early 1800s and convinced Fijians that they should wear clothes . |
| 11 | My eyes started to blink and a lump stuck in my throat … if you have ever seen a dog barking in French , wagging not only its rudder but its complete hind quarters , and trying to punch you in your chest at the same time — there you have Emily 's welcome in a nut-shell . |
| 12 | Shoppers started making moral choices — boycotting battery-farmed eggs , for example — or political ones , which affected sales of South African fruit . |
| 13 | Piers started to smirk and Antoinette had a fit of — she ca n't giggle , she 's too slinky , her equivalent — and I smiled . |
| 14 | Concert parties started attending again , and the seasonal flow of gifts of flowers , eggs , vegetables and toys ( including a rocking-horse for the children ) was resumed . |
| 15 | First , the boards and the Committee for Science and Technology had the problem of deciding ‘ how far a subject was ‘ degree worthy ’ , because new subjects started springing up like grass in a corn field ’ : |
| 16 | It stepped through the door and the tentacles started to slide along the walls towards her . |
| 17 | Last year an estimated 800 people from the slums built around the factories were burned to death when a pipe passing under their homes started spewing gasoline . |
| 18 | The US Congress has dreamed up the Mary Whitehouse chip , a circuit that the television industry would be required to build into television sets , enabling parents to block out programmes coded for violent content : according to Associated Press , the chip was thought up by Representative Edward Markey , a Democrat from Massachusetts and chairman of the House Energy & Commerce subcommittee on telecommunications — the parent could just push the v-block button on the remote control and keep violent programming out of the home , ’ he said reckoning that if only 10% or 15% of all homes started blocking programmes , broadcasters and advertisers would soon get the message . |
| 19 | When the disappointed Cov fans started sneaking out before the end , the stand we were in seemed to have just as many Leeds as Cov fans in it . |
| 20 | Leeds fans started to look a bit more worried … they had 4–5 shots from the edge of the area … fortunately they are so crap not one crossed the line inside the penalty area ! |
| 21 | He asked us if we were all well and healthy ; three of the Frenchmen started talking to him and the rest of us giggled and joked in English about this ridiculous figure who appeared to be out of touch with everything we were doing . |
| 22 | Waiting lists started to lengthen as operations were cancelled . |
| 23 | Readers started to send him examples of leys in their own districts and , as a result of their enthusiasm , the Straight Track Club was formed in 1926 . |
| 24 | It was fairly loose and when I pulled it out the shells started dropping into the hole . |
| 25 | A bell was ringing and all the animals started looking for something . |
| 26 | On July 6 Palestinian fighters started handing over their weaponry to the army . |
| 27 | But at noon , fifteen-foot waves started rolling in . |
| 28 | Then heads started to nod up and down . |
| 29 | The nuts were always available for the little animals but we watched intently as the farmer poured the milk into the buckets and the calves started to drink . |
| 30 | Excited crowds stood and applauded , as the chariots started to roll |