Example sentences of "he began to speak " in BNC.

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1	As he began to speak a young boy ran straight through a plate glass window behind us at the back of the church .
2	But at length he began to speak of our improvisations , and how the nights here were better than the days .
3	He began to speak out loud over the sound of the copious running water ; he congratulated himself for not crying in public , he congratulated himself for not getting hurt , for not letting himself be assaulted on the way home , for not letting anyone corner him or get him down on the floor or up against a wall but for keeping walking instead .
4	As we prayed for him it was clear that the Holy Spirit was touching him powerfully , and he began to speak in tongues for the first time .
5	He began to speak in a man to man voice .
6	As he began to speak , he seemed to grow less and less aware of his audience and continually turned his head , as though listening to some sound , audible only to himself from the entrance tunnel behind him .
7	She heard the excitement in Stephen 's voice as soon as he began to speak .
8	As he began to speak again I smelt the night air , I felt the hard concrete under my feet , I touched a piece of chalk in my pocket .
9	But with Blufton the spell , the sense that he was engaged in some elaborate , magical charade , was broken as soon as he began to speak .
10	He began to speak of Stella 's interesting experiences during her cruise , of the cookery course that Heather had enrolled for , and of Rob 's house-hunting forays .
11	The Prophet 's bloody lips drew back from his teeth in a silent snarl of hate , and he began to speak .
12	But caution checked him before he began to speak .
13	She leaned forward to address Simmons intending to remind him of the reason for her visit to the college , but he began to speak .
14	He stared at her incredulously for a moment , then , as he began to speak , she forestalled him .

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