Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] a [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is uncertain whether he composed this song himself or adapted an existing poem to the mocking , sentimental tone that was his and was already regarded as typical of Dublin . |
| 2 | The dogs followed hard on their heels up the deep-treaded , creaking staircase that made a gradual ascent to the first floor . |
| 3 | There was something about this part of France that made a powerful appeal to her imagination and emotions . |
| 4 | And that made a big difference to my life . |
| 5 | She would never be a great beauty , he knew , but she had a natural charm and personality that lent an extra depth to her character , and he imagined that this would have been how his mother would have looked at a similar age . |
| 6 | Griffith-Boscawen introduced in 1912 a Bill to make improvement grants for rural housing , a proposal that provided a Unionist response to Lloyd George 's Land Campaign . |
| 7 | And we were heading towards a sector containing a world that seemed a beneficial place to be , for a while . |
| 8 | One day , something happened that added a new idea to the ideas that I already had . |
| 9 | The first is that Luftwaffe defences became better , too , and that caused a high price to be paid in terms of casualties . |
| 10 | In the 82nd minute , Hateley guaranteed Rangers ' win with a goal that heralded an unfortunate end to the night for Dykstra . |
| 11 | I was , therefore , intrigued to learn of a new scheme from Bryant Homes that allowed a prospective purchaser to ‘ road test ’ one of its newly built homes . |
| 12 | The elective nature of the papacy slowed the development of the Papal State — in away that showed a marked contrast to the development of hereditary monarchies , in England for example . |
| 13 | He was able to tolerate this because he did have a kind of ultimate theological perspective of his own : in a style that owed a good deal to Hegel , he believed that all history is a movement of the spirit which is on the way to a return to God , and will at the last find its home in God . |
| 14 | At the same time , a filmmaker was directing an underground picture that owed a certain amount to The Four Feathers and Lawrence of Arabia . |
| 15 | All three voted last year to uphold Roe v Wade , the 1973 case that established a constitutional right to an abortion . |
| 16 | Around the captain 's head was the bland curtailed blue aura that meant a controlled openness to anything that might occur but though it was obvious , Jezrael did n't care about that , either . |
| 17 | An intelligent player , who read the game well , Peter was a considerable asset in the top flight but , in only the third match of 1972–73 , he had the misfortune to break his leg in a tackle with his former Liverpool team-mate Tommy Smith , and it was a year or more before he was really able to play properly again , and that represented a real loss to the club . |
| 18 | Reluctant as he was to part with evidence that went a long way to exonerating Colin , he knew surrendering it voluntarily was vastly preferable to having it seized . |
| 19 | Those who question Taylor 's future were left to swallow a performance that went a long way to answering the questions against the England manager . |
| 20 | Once discovered , the law led to ceaseless activity and the interchanges between both systems , the cross-fertilization , that brought a renewed vigour to both laws . |
| 21 | Knee-length , it showed off her shapely legs in their black stockings and high-heeled shoes in a way that brought a faint flush to her face . |
| 22 | Yet he deposited her on it as carefully as if she were china , and that brought a weak tear to her eye . |
| 23 | Finally , she felt a kick on the knee that brought a shocked cry to her throat . |
| 24 | And then there were his own two shops that brought a little solace to the lives of both rich and poor . |
| 25 | The most significant of these was the substitution of a wooden table for a stone altar , a move that gave a visual emphasis to the Protestant belief that the eucharist was not the re-enactment of Christ 's sacrifice on Calvary but a remembrance of the Last Supper . |
| 26 | These properties formed a marked contrast to the fine Georgian brick buildings in the main streets and to the recently-acquired , impressive collection of public buildings that gave a prosperous air to the face of the town . |
| 27 | Apart from the lamps that gave a yellow glow to the leaves , the only light came from the big windows of the Communist club which was packed on both floors , its discotheque going full swing . |
| 28 | She made no attempt to disguise the sarcasm that gave an added cadence to her voice . |
| 29 | None of them could disagree that it was a species of tyranny that left an unhappy debtor to the mercy of a remorseless creditor whose affluence prevented him from knowing the sorrows of adversity and who , nursed in the lap of plenty , had never heard the call of hunger or knew the cry of distress . |
| 30 | There was a letter from her bank manager that had a nasty look to it . |