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The phrase "and when they began" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate the start of an action or event in a narrative or descriptive context.
Example: "The crowd grew silent, and when they began to chant, the atmosphere became electric."
Alternatives: "and as they started" or "and once they commenced".
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It worked to an extent, and when they began to play, the visitors briefly looked the real deal.
I embraced them first, and when they began to cry I knew they were crying for their missing brother.
"We precisely measured how long different players took to swing and when they began their swings," McLeod explained.
And when they began enjoying themselves on an icy double-black-diamond run, ominously named the Wall, Ms. Bello hit a mogul and went down.
Ms. Lambrecht started making sweaters while in graduate school, and when they began selling, "I thought, this is great, I'll never have to do commercial photography," she said.
Workers had demonstrated in the past, and when they began demanding a promised pay increase their supervisors started shooting; at least eleven miners were wounded.
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What happens to these innovations when they begin to take over and when they begin to commission buildings?
More to the point, it increases when women marry and when they begin bearing children.
And when they begin to spray, they are usually dumped on the street anyway.
Add the black mustard seeds and, when they begin to pop, the curry leaves, chillies and lime skin.
Still, there is something smart, sleek and assured about Gutbucket, and when they begin firing on all cylinders it makes for an exhilarating, intelligently performed racket.
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