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  • As soon as the ov-en door was o-pened, the lit-tle gin-ger-bread boy jumped out, and be-gan to run a-way as fast as he could go.

    Archive 2008-06-01 2008

  • At some point, Susan be-gan a relationship with Tom Findlay, the son of Conso's owner.

    Innocents Lost 2008

  • Showered with debris, Collins forced his way past a wedged door and be-gan descending the nine flights, searching for his mother.

    NO VACATION FROM TERROR 2007

  • We have so far departed from the subject we be-gan upon, that it is proper to obey you, madam.

    Sir Charles Grandison 2006

  • Across the surface of Helion Prime, warships be-gan to withdraw from sites they had been patrolling.

    The Chronicles of Riddick Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2004

  • As she be-gan to come to grips with her new surroundings, a figure emerged from the darkness.

    The Chronicles of Riddick Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2004

  • Cups were refilled after a single sip, plates replaced with ones filled with new dainties the moment the hot foods be-gan to cool or the cool ones to warm.

    Elvenborn Lackey, Mercedes 2002

  • Only if he be-gan to flounder would she have her men strike out on their own.

    Elvenborn Lackey, Mercedes 2002

  • If he thought about it too long, it seemed impossible, and he be-gan to doubt he'd even manage that last, and in some ways most important task, much less all the rest.

    Elvenborn Lackey, Mercedes 2002

  • She leaned back and be-gan buttoning up the refurbished stanchion.

    The Howling Stones Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1997

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