Example sentences of "begin [to-vb] [pron] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the case of a star of mass the time constant is of the order , which means that when the signals from the probe begin to fade they do so quickly . |
| 2 | If you get all serious , I 'll begin to wish I had n't said anything at all . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I almost begin to believe you did n't know about Berenice , but I still do n't believe in a sister who does n't exist , ’ he said slowly . |
| 4 | They stay submerged for ages , until you begin to think you 've only imagined you saw one go in — and then they pop up with a beakful of food . |
| 5 | With each stride you will begin to feel yourself reaching further with your hips . |
| 6 | He was beginning to realize he did n't have popular appeal , so he thought he would try to mould his work into the sort of thing bought by a small book-buying elite . |
| 7 | Even allowing for delicious exaggeration it still added up to a horrifying picture and she began to wish she had n't even tried to get into the company . |
| 8 | Sara began to wish she had n't embarked on this explanation of how and why Matthew Preston owned half the house . |
| 9 | And on the bus to Victoria she began to wish she had not been quite so rash in offering to visit John . |
| 10 | Twoflower wondered why he had thought of the phrase ‘ a sliver of a scream ’ … and began to wish he had n't . |
| 11 | When the true meaning of the custom had been forgotten , and the maypole had become merely a part of the holiday festivities , people saw no reason for felling a new tree every year and began to leave one erected permanently , merely decking it with flowers and fresh greenery on Mayday . |
| 12 | He was beginning to wish he had n't brought Lee up to his room . |
| 13 | Owen was beginning to wish he had n't told her . |
| 14 | Beginning to wish he had never come , Mungo stood on the threshold of the last door . |
| 15 | Not certain what to do next , he was beginning to wish he had never come home . |
| 16 | Sir I 'm beginning to wish I 'd never resurrected this matter . |
| 17 | Folly was beginning to wish she had never mentioned that she was seeing Luke , but her straightforward nature made it difficult to conceal something that was so far to the forefront of her mind . |
| 18 | Fabia asked , beginning to wish she had never said anything . |
| 19 | In the late 1930s a new pattern of earlier marriage began to emerge which had not been seen in the West for centuries . |
| 20 | I began to regret I did n't have a board with me . |
| 21 | On the day the telegram arrived from Southern Ferries , a close friend who had given me much encouragement now began to question my continuing any further . |
| 22 | There were a few people who allowed themselves to feel the pain of loss , the pain of betrayal , when they began to understand what had really been happening in the Soviet Union . |
| 23 | He began to realise he did n't know Sandra . |
| 24 | A mistress in a plum-coloured dress began to teach them sewing so that later on they would be able to help with needlework that was taken in . |
| 25 | He had laughed at the time , but the way his stomach was behaving now , he began to fear they had not been jesting . |
| 26 | After a weekend of brooding silence and no service , Nigel began to think it had all been worth it . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm beginning to think we have n't . |
| 28 | She was beginning to think she knew where she was . |
| 29 | When Thursday of that week came round , Leith was beginning to think she had never worked so hard . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm beginning to think you have n't changed at all . ’ |