Example sentences of "that [adv] [verb] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | As an undercover customs agent based in Tampa , Florida , it was his suggestion to target a small-time Colombian drug-money launderer called Gonzalo Mora Jnr that eventually led to the uncovering of a huge laundering operation centred on BCCI . |
| 2 | This is a problem that rightfully belongs to the subject of the electrical properties of materials , so I can not say very much about it . |
| 3 | A flicker of recollected pleasure that swiftly turned to the pain of regret crossed his face . |
| 4 | Via sink , bath or lavatory , all these cleaners disappear down the drain and that usually leads to the sewer , on to sewage treatment plant and from there to sea or river . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm interested in the small things that gradually lead to the repression of women — I want to make people see these , but be able to laugh at the same time . |
| 6 | Unknown to the Orcs , the crown was working its power upon Azhag , for it was an ancient and evil device that once belonged to the Liche Lord Nagash himself , and his power and his spirit still clung to it . |
| 7 | In fact the street names and the rest belong with the extremely important disjunctive flotsam of the book : paintpots , old rope , the odd sock , boots that once belonged to the Secretary at the English Embassy , twists of paper , egg-shells , fish-guts , frayed blood-soaked strips torn from trouserbottoms and coat-pockets , an axe-sling in ribbons ( ‘ Little bits of tom linen can not possibly arouse suspicion ! , ’ ) half-eaten meals , small change , miscellaneous pawned objects , candle-ends , trousseau-stuff ( ‘ fancy boxes , dressing-cases , ornaments , dress material , and all that sort of junk from Knopf 's and the English Shop ’ ) broken crocks ( cherepki ) , and skulls ( cherepi ) . |
| 8 | The name is an ancient word referring to a Saxon village that once stood to the north of Darlington between Beaumont Hill and Walworth . |
| 9 | I think we 'll just have a nice quiet day today erm there 's a little bit of a snag because I do n't quite know what we 're going to do about all these children that like to go to the library . |
| 10 | Even so there is still some dragging of feet which makes things like the implementation of standards which could be used across , not only C&P , but ICI as a whole , something that still belongs to the future . |
| 11 | ‘ You know , if you read the collected letters of any writer — if you read her biography — you will always get a sense that there 's something missing , something biographers do n't have access to , the real thing , the crucial thing , the thing that really mattered to the poet herself . |
| 12 | As for the results from individual biographical studies , they seem most comfortable with an explanation that simply appeals to the idea of ‘ special cases ’ . |
| 13 | Seeing that Yet returned to the room and went behind the curtain to prepare us the meal Frankenstein had promised , he lowered his voice and continued , ‘ I bestow my gift of the secret of life upon mankind . |
| 14 | Both factors may be part of a complex cascade of events that ultimately leads to the development of duodenal ulceration . |
| 15 | It aims to show that closely related to the objective of resurrecting conservative social policies is a political method which involves an attempt to change Britain 's political landscape . |
| 16 | Indeed , the very small females that occasionally come to the lake do not contain any eggs at all , implying that females must reach a certain minimum size before they can produce eggs . |
| 17 | The jobs that currently go to the military in the United Kingdom would be lost from factories in Scotland . |
| 18 | Under this plan , the 38 regional telephone companies that currently report to the Ministry would pulled into a new corporation , together with the Directorship General of Telecommunications . |
| 19 | Back in the 1940s , though , it was taken a lot more seriously , so that actually getting to the point where you popped the question was a big commitment . ’ |
| 20 | But modern boxing has a more sensitive audience , one that never goes to the arena but watches at home on the television . |