Example sentences of "[noun] began [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Red flares began coming up from the airfield , but the first bombers were committed : they had nowhere to go but down . |
| 2 | AFTER the débâcle with Norman and Henrietta , Minton began dashing around like a hunted person . |
| 3 | Alerted by a grapevine of unparalleled efficiency to the presence of honkies with money , hitherto undiscovered talents began swarming in from the ghettos and down from the hills , bearing tape-recordings , even guitars , for impromptu auditions . |
| 4 | Mr Abello was the fourth-ranking person in the Medellin cartel and the most important suspect arrested since Colombia began cracking down on the cocaine barons nearly two months ago , the department said . |
| 5 | People began piling out of the house : two daughters-in-law , several small children , some unmarried daughters , two old grandfathers and the new bridegroom . |
| 6 | Like sleep-walkers in a dream the coolies began advancing out of the shade towards the ship . |
| 7 | Removal of water through artesian wells is held to be the reason why the tower began going off at an angle soon after building work began in 1174 . |
| 8 | The children began filing out of the classroom . |
| 9 | Shortly after Rome Carl began speaking out on the drug issue , implicating by suggestion Ben and his coach Charlie Francis . |
| 10 | James began poking about in the store cupboard . |