Example sentences of "he begin [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And only after he had paid back every penny of his debt on the new barrow and been left with hardly any spare cash to talk of did he begin to realise just how good a costermonger the old fellow must have been . |
| 2 | Only when his first movement unleashed the pounding headache bequeathed to him by half a bottle of the college 's specially shipped port did he begin to regret the decision . |
| 3 | Only after his ageing parents had died and he was left to manage the dining rooms did he begin to look around for a wife , and Fred smiled bitterly at the memory . |
| 4 | As for Clive — did he begin to look at somebody else ? ’ she asked shrewdly . |
| 5 | Only in the bosom of the PCF could Nizan breathe freely , could he begin to function effectively . |
| 6 | And he begin to fumble with his tobacco pouch . |
| 7 | When he begin to sing I felt a warm deep pleasure steal over me , a feeling of sensual bliss which was yet mingled with an aching sadness . |
| 8 | But he was made of stern stuff Seizing his hammer he begin to bang away with undiminished enthusiasm and by the time the beasts returned the crush was rebuilt and a stout iron bar pushed across the front to prevent further break-outs |
| 9 | The Sweeper had come by , Slorne was upset about something , then Minch … and he beginning to wake to the sense that something was going to happen , something … and then the CRACK ! |
| 10 | Is he beginning to look haggard or anything ? |
| 11 | And I see he beginning to believe , and so I go what work do you think she do ? |
| 12 | Only now , he reflected , was he beginning to feel really secure . |
| 13 | He began to whimper with fear . |
| 14 | This was the closest he would come to that association of the best " minds " sharing certain fundamental ideals which had been a preoccupation of his since the early Twenties ; and indeed it was through such encounters that he began to formulate the ideas which he was to express in The Idea of a Christian Society and Notes Towards The Definition of Culture . |
| 15 | He began to clean his teeth , jabbing at his mouth , then dropped the toothbrush on to the floor . |
| 16 | But Princeton seemed more agreeable than most university towns " and after he had met some old friends , like the Maritains and the Niebuhrs , he began to relax . |
| 17 | As the days went by , however , and no further incident was reported , he began to relax . |
| 18 | He seems to have enjoyed the patronage of influential people , who probably subsidized the books he began to publish in the Armada year of 1588 . |
| 19 | He began to swing his legs again , vigorously . |
| 20 | Finding he could cope , he began to swing his back and both rider and horse presently grew more comfortable . |
| 21 | After a short time had passed he began to tap his foot on the kerb impatiently . |
| 22 | Then he began to tap : ‘ 1 . |
| 23 | Nevertheless , as he began to recover from his operation , Mr Honecker clearly had to face the problem of the embassy refugees and the mass emigration , and the decision to let the first batch go was obviously his . |
| 24 | But given heavy doses of baking soda he began to recover , and was perfectly normal three days later . |
| 25 | Next day the fever had abated and he began to recover . |
| 26 | Distracted also by his own uncertain future , he began to spend less time on Lake Street and more on getting back into journalism . |
| 27 | He began to suck in air through his mouth , producing a gasping sound . |
| 28 | He opened his mouth , and slipping his lips over her restraining finger , he began to suck , his eyes sparkling with wickedness . |
| 29 | Although Paul usually forgot his dreams on waking in the morning , he began to remember his dreams and started to keep a diary of what he had dreamt . |
| 30 | Dear old Joe seemed just the same , but as I got better , he began to remember I was a gentleman , and call me sir again , and when I got up one morning , I discovered he had gone . |