Begins

Examples

• He then begins to clear away the breakfast. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Then you don't care for him in the way it is evident he begins to care for you? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Accordingly he begins to construct the State. Plato. The Republic.
• For example, if the sun's rays fall upon silver chloride, a chemical action immediately begins, and as a result we have two separate substances, chlorine and silver. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• And you needn't nudge him, Mr Jack Mullins, for I know your work begins early tomorrow, and I say the same to you. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The exhaust valve is then closed, the inlet valve opened, and another cycle of four strokes begins. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• I got him back for you by means of the girl; and then _she_ begins to favour him. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The second book begins with an account of different philosophic al views concerning the origin of matter, and a discussion of the earliest dwellings of man. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• There, within easy reach of the rubber trees, they set up their camp and the actual work of harvesting the rubber crop begins. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The matter begins and ends with the boy's own perversity and folly. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• My Lady's figure begins to be expressive of some attention. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Then, as the creature's legs appear and its tail is absorbed, it begins to use its lungs, and its gills dwindle and vanish. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The open struggle of the private property owner against the aggressions of the Prince begins in England far back in the twelfth century. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The story of the desperate attempt to which I now stood committed begins here. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Tittle-tattle: how prettily it begins! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• As soon as government begins to supply services, it is turning away from the sterile tyranny of the taboo. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• She has now been a longer time stationary there, than she ever was before, and she begins to want change. Jane Austen. Emma.
• But when he begins to put on a long face, and snuffle, and quote Scripture, I incline to think he isn't much better than he should be. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• A mass amongst Christian men best begins a busy morning. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• The influence for all good, which she came to exercise over me at a later time, begins already to descend upon my breast. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• And now begins a new phase in the story of Alexander. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• But the struggle changed continually, as that of a man who begins with a movement towards striking and ends with conquering his desire to strike. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Yes, Uncle Tom, it really begins to look beautiful, said Eva, gazing delightedly on it. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• It conforms to the downward curve of the latter, but the rail work begins at the top of the incline and extends back to the newel post at the bowler’s end of the alley. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• And now the bell begins to sound, and Mr. Omer and another come to make us ready. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• As it reaches its full size it _matures_, it begins to produce young, which are either born alive or hatched from eggs. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• As soon as the plates are immersed in the acid solution, minute bubbles of gas rise from the zinc strip and it begins to waste away slowly. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Among them odd heaps of old papers, this gentleman, when he comes into the property, naturally begins to rummage, don't you see? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Mrs. Smallweed instantly begins to shake her head and pipe up, Seventy-six pound seven and sevenpence! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

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