Example sentences of "[pron] began to run " in BNC.

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1 Then I began to run into the guards , and every guard I saw , I did n't say anything , I just showed them the piece of paper which had written on it Hotel Intourist in Russian , and the phrase book .
2 I began to run , with my arms full of flowers from the garden — people stared .
3 Following Andy 's directions , I saw climbers on a previously uncharted crag , which looked so big I began to run .
4 She began to run in the direction of Coton .
5 She began to run again .
6 As soon as she was on the road she began to run .
7 Turning , she began to run .
8 And she began to run along the road to him .
9 When she reached the bottom of the stairs , she began to run towards the door .
10 She began to run again , down towards it , jumping from tussock to tussock , and then her hat came loose and she snatched it off , scattering pins as she did so , and ran on , holding it in her hand and every so often bowling it ahead of her like a hoop .
11 Alexandra screamed , one hand on her hat and one at her skirts as she began to run along the platform .
12 There were fish lying damply in old wooden crates , their scales gleaming with the sickly colours of an oil stain , then rows of chickens with their throats cut , feathers clinging to the legs , and the sawdust was stained with blood and flies , and she began to run , frantic to reach the air outside and breathe .
13 She began to run in earnest , he to follow in earnest .
14 And when she reached the path down to the farm she began to run .
15 In a fit of crazy violence she began to run one arm backwards and forwards on the rusty metal until it began to bleed .
16 She began to run and fell over .
17 She began to run away from the van , round the side of the building in the direction of Charley 's place .
18 We were very afraid , and we began to run back to our dressing-room .
19 We began to run at a great speed through the trees , and Silver was soon thirty metres behind us .
20 They began to run , their feet padding steadily .
21 It began to run over the main deck and the crew hurried off to shelter in the accommodation .
22 Turning his back on Hank , he began to run away from her , along the path towards the Castle Rock .
23 He turned back again to the pill-box and , as he began to run towards it , she shoved him into the empty channel on the seaward side of the Lock .
24 He began to run towards the Lock gates .
25 A ‘ Coronation ’ tram , No 1174 , swayed into view and he began to run for the stop .
26 He began to run and jump across the white rocks , exhilarated by the emptiness all round .
27 He began to run towards the car , but the ground heaved under him and he fell sprawling , a few centimetres from the head of what he now guessed to be the Worm .
28 He began to run in what he thought was the right direction , but he did n't recognise any of the buildings .
29 He began to run again , still clutching his hand .
30 Suddenly , they started shooting at him , so he began to run .
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