Example sentences of "and he begin [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a forceful thrusting kind of need about his actions now , and he began to fumble rather clumsily , with the buttons on the front of her light , cotton dress . |
| 2 | He climbed a short distance up the curve of the dome , then his feet lost their purchase and he began to slide back down again . |
| 3 | Outside the hotel he had fought down misgivings at the idea of allowing an old man to drag him through the streets when he could easily have walked , and he began to wonder if he should dismount . |
| 4 | The elation he 'd felt the day before at his own breathtaking adventure with the Moi girl now also seemed suddenly shameful to him , and he began to wonder if his exaggerated pride in the deed had n't been the direct cause of the danger in which he and his mother had suddenly found themselves on the plain . |
| 5 | She leaned against him comfortably , and he began to wonder about the possibilities in aiming for the wide sleeve of her dress . |
| 6 | He seemed to know just where to tap , and how hard , and how long for , and bit by bit the boy 's lungs cleared and he began to breathe more easily . |
| 7 | Then , just as the pressure became almost unbearable , Guy 's mouth came down on hers and he began to move . |
| 8 | And he began to move , slowly at first , his forbearance rewarded by the wonder in her eyes as they stared , delighted , into his . |
| 9 | Times were changing , and he began to realize that things would never go back as they had once been . |
| 10 | And he began calculating in his notebook . |
| 11 | And he began to connect to the nascent counter-culture , visiting Pete Brown 's home in Oppidans Road , Primrose Hill . |
| 12 | He became a model landlord , a horticulturalist ( he won a gold medal from the Royal Society for some successful experiments with a variety of potatoes ) and he began to put into practice some of the notions of public service which he felt appropriate to his station in life . |
| 13 | He bought a bottle of brandy at the first liquor store he found and he began to drink . |
| 14 | Next day the fever had abated and he began to recover . |
| 15 | Soon the ascent grew steeper , and he began to tire . |
| 16 | He was no carpenter but he did his best and he began to sell wood on a larger scale . |
| 17 | But the urge to develop his own talent as an artist soon took over , and he began to exhibit his paintings in local galleries , such as Glyn y Weddw on the Lln peninsula , before finally deciding to leave teaching in 1989 , and becoming a professional artist . |
| 18 | Violins were playing a Strauss waltz , and he began to dance with her , making her bend and sway to his direction , dominating every move she made . |
| 19 | Then his own wife and daughter joined him in Hollywood , and he began to settle down again . |
| 20 | Iain called it The Prison , and he began breaking out at weekends , finding his way back to Pinner , and Jacqueline 's flat . |
| 21 | And he began to sweat . |
| 22 | So while Gilbert tried to entice Bissell to talk further , and Bissell kept silent , still watching him across the room , Rohmer saw the promise in those night-black eyes … and he began to lay his own plans . |
| 23 | She put the plate in front of him , and he began eating . |
| 24 | Then the phone rang and he began screaming at her , ‘ Get out of here , get out of here ! |
| 25 | I felt the jolt in his chest as I hugged it in rhythm against mine and for a long second could n't believe it , but then he heaved again in my arms and coughed in my face and a mouthful of dirty water shot out in a spout and he began coughing in earnest and choking and gasping for air … gasping , gulping air down , wheezing in his throat , whooping like whooping cough , struggling to fill his functioning lungs . |
| 26 | When it was midnight and Rodrigo was fast asleep , the leper breathed against him between his shoulders , and that breath was so strong that it passed through him , even through his breast ; and he awoke , being astounded , and felt for the leper by him , and found him not ; and he began to call him , but there was no reply . |
| 27 | ‘ This is the story of how God created the world , ’ and he began to talk about the light and the darkness , the coming of the sky and the sea , the fish and the animals and of Adam and Eve . |
| 28 | A shiver went through him and he began to wish he were back in the bar . |
| 29 | During the following two weeks his speech improved and he began to use a few more simple words , but subsequently " a block in his speech appeared " and he only said " aw-caw and " yes ' and " no " . |
| 30 | His head was swimming and he began to drift into a drunken doze but the sense of a new presence in the stall made him open his eyes again . |