Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] to [noun] " in BNC.

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31 I got free in the end , after being presented with a sprig of basil , and walked inland along the bluff until I could climb on to the ridge that led to Bourani .
32 In Scotland 's 1–0 defeat by Brazil he was noticeably slow to respond in the run up that led to Brazil 's winning goal and was unfairly attacked by the press .
33 But by far the most difficult and tiresome task had been that of the telephone girls , who had made scores and scores of transatlantic calls that Tuesday morning , afternoon , and early evening : calls made to one address that led to calls to another address ; calls to one friend that led to another friend or colleague ; from one police department to another ; one State to other States ; calls for one set of records that referred to another set of records that led … ad apparently infinitum .
34 Many of the stresses that led to admission may be encountered again .
35 Indeed , the belief has now passed into the folklore that it was Gandhi 's success in appealing to the British conscience , also known as British decency , that led to India 's achievement of independence in 1947 .
36 Most of the teachers lingered a few minutes in the staff room , not from any affection for the place , but to allow the unruly mob of boys to get down the long road that led to Cullbridge , and thence to disperse to the bus station , to Wimpy bars , the library or their various homes .
37 Soon Downes had reached the last carriage , in front of the diesel locomotive , staring quickly through the windows of the compartment as the few doors still remaining open were banged shut and a whistle blew , and with a slight chug and then with a mighty heave the long , north-bound train began slowly to move forward , gradually picking up a little speed , before moving out and away along the curving stretch of line that led to Banbury .
38 I saw a spanking stagee emerge and take the road that led to Chamonix , its four horses stepping high .
39 He came to the rise that led to Bethel Tor .
40 It is believed that the sequence of events that led to core damage involved equipment malfunctions , design-related problems , and human errors , all of which contributed in varying degrees to the accident ( US NUREG-0600 , 1979 ) .
41 Carrying out similar substitutions to the ones that led to equations ( 3.45 ) we obtain :
42 Willie Bond , the postman , was pushing his bicycle along the road to Nidden , at the end of his last delivery , and in the distance the rector could see Ella vanishing down the alley that led to Lulling Woods and Dotty Harmer 's house .
43 But the political spite it betrayed must at least rank as a contributory factor in the sequence of events that led to Clapham and King 's Cross .
44 I began by asking Sir Peter to recall the incidents that led to Britten 's choosing George Crabbe 's The Borough , and specifically the story of the fisherman , Peter Grimes , as the subject of his first opera .
45 The momentous events that led to Ayatollah Khomeini 's triumphal return to Teheran in 1979 had long overtaken the problems of Ashi 's private life .
46 The legislative policy that led to persons ‘ knowingly concerned ’ being made liable to restitutionary orders but not liable to compensatory orders is very difficult to discern .
47 Manuel also took the free kick that led to Gayle 's goal , while Blissett 's 15th goal of the season was a 67th-minute header .
48 A Drysdale could argue that it was the repression of sex that led to insanity .
49 According to Olson , it was not the beliefs of the eighteenth century essayists that led to changes in the conception of language and rationality , an assertion that could be tested against the historical evidence , but the forms they used , the alphabet and the essay .
50 Sharpe spurred down to the crossroads , touched his hat to the old ladies who were staring with alarm at the two horsemen , then he turned to gaze down the long southwards road that led to Charleroi .
51 Similarly , there is no way of knowing whether it was Cumbernauld 's highly segregated traffic arrangements that led to casualty rates some 30 per cent below the national average for built-up areas .
52 Now he has revealed the mistakes that led to England 's early departure from the tournament , though fans might not find themselves a lot the wiser .
53 He turned right into Caldecott Road , left into Howard 's Avenue , right on to Mainwaring Road and up the wide thoroughfare that led to Wimbledon Hill .
54 Strach was giving the ball away , it was this that led to Alex 's equaliser .
55 In the early 1960s the king became a major actor in the events that led to independence for his country in 1968 .
56 As we have seen , Iran 's assault on the enemy 's oil-export apparatus was conducted in three ways : by diplomatic action , through Syria , which Iran persuaded to close the pipeline that led to Homs , branching there to Banias and Tripoli ; by naval action in the Shatt al-Arab ; and by aerial attacks on the refinery and crude-oil treating plant at Kirkuk in 1980 .
57 It was sheer desperation that led to Nancy Roberts becoming a member of Militant .
58 The evidence that there had been an intruder was slight but all the same his senses tingled as he walked quietly through the hall , past the staircase and down the passage that led to Jacob 's bed-sitter .
59 Behind him , two men in long overcoats stepped out from the shadow of a doorway and watched the young man turn to the left again , heading up the main backstreet that led to Joseph Hyde 's flat .
60 Although the Argentina drug scandal is such an integral part of Scottish footballing history , very few people can actually recount the circumstances that led to Willie Johnson being banned for life .
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