Example sentences of "began [verb] [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | At once the crabber began to bounce about on the waves , as though the Angharad was dancing a jig over the water in her pleasure at taking a trip . |
| 3 | It was at about this time that Charles acquired a tutor and through him began to look out on the world through a learned man 's eyes . |
| 4 | The shabby room above the tobacconist 's shop where we held our ward meetings became home to me and , in a queer way , made me feel whole and integrated again so that I began to look back on the activities I had taken part in with Sophie as some kind of mental aberration . |
| 5 | Shortly after Rome Carl began speaking out on the drug issue , implicating by suggestion Ben and his coach Charlie Francis . |
| 6 | Soon genuine celebrities descended from on high and began showing up on the show . |
| 7 | Suddenly , Katrina dropped to her knees and began scrabbling around on the floor . |
| 8 | The night before Nenna and her two daughters were due to leave England , storm weather began to blow up on the Reach . |