Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb past] to [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Holmes à Court was obliged by the law against foreign control of ITV to sell his shares , which passed to Sears , a conglomerate including footwear and the William Hill betting shops . |
| 2 | But more often they took the little leafy lane which led from Thrush Green to Upper Pleshy , Nod and Nidden , the lane that threaded half a dozen or more sleepy thatched villages , like hoary old beads upon its winding string , before it emerged upon the broad highway which led to Stratford-upon-Avon . |
| 3 | The free-kick from Cruz that beat Italy was one , and the run and cross from Jorginho which led to Careca heading the winner in Rotterdam another , but in these games Brazil have impressed as a team without making you want to leap out of your seat as Pele once did . |
| 4 | The rocket launch system , developed via Véronique and Diamant , which led to Ariane , was initially conceived for the French military . |
| 5 | Manuel also took the free kick which led to Brentford 's second in the 18th minute , Gayle sending in a cracker from 18 yards . |
| 6 | He charged Sewell with the maintenance of discipline in the College ( which led to Sewell recommending the expulsion of only one pupil , although some students paid too much attention to tavern and skittle-ground ) . |
| 7 | And what function do we accord , then , to Hitler 's public persona in explaining the process which led to Auschwitz ? |
| 8 | Wise was also centre stage in the incident which led to Chelsea 's 40th-minute winner . |
| 9 | An early mistake by Liam Dunne which led to Jim McInally chipping the 14th minute opener past Rhodes set the pattern for the game . |
| 10 | VINNY Jones revealed it was a ‘ toe-job ’ which led to Paul Gascoigne 's grimace in the famous photo of their close encounter . |
| 11 | Not the least of the offences which led to Paul 's assassination in 1801 was his contemptuous treatment of courtiers . |
| 12 | It is the purpose of this article to offer a preliminary analysis of the events which led to Mrs Thatcher 's decision to resign . |
| 13 | In the second of these houses , next to a six foot wide snicket which led to Paynes Hill , lived the Burden family consisting , if memory serves , of father , mother and four or five children . |
| 14 | It was human decision , or human perversity , which led to Boromir claiming the journey , with what chain of ill-effects and casualties no one can tell . |
| 15 | LENGTHY planning rows like the one which led to Albert Dryden murdering a council official , could be resolved by new legislation , a Tory councillor claimed yesterday . |
| 16 | Everyone concerned is now hoping the conditions which led to Beverley 's death will never occur again . … |
| 17 | Kaiser William II had built up strong forces in Germany and enlarged its naval power to counter the power of the British navy , and it was Germany 's declaration of war on Russia which led to France and Britain declaring war on Germany and the Austrian-Hungarian Monarchy . |
| 18 | Those humble seeds were the sticking point in negotiations between the US and EC which led to Washington walking out of the Gatt trade talks in Chicago this week . |
| 19 | At its basis is the stale-mate of the party political system which has perverted its raison d'ëtre into mere self-perpetuation the same stale-mate which led to Italy still being without a government three months after the April elections . |
| 20 | It is a line which has stirred up against Macedo the same emnities which led to Chico Mendes 's murder . |
| 21 | Local youths wrecked all but one of the town 's Chinese laundries and a " bit of a riot " ensued which led to Tupper 's arrest for disturbing the peace . |
| 22 | The programme will include tantalising glimpses into some of the musical and speculative traditions which led to Monteverdi 's Orfeo some 100 years later . |
| 23 | The footpath passed the shed where the boys had found Riddle 's clothes , then joined a track which led to Jordan 's farm . |
| 24 | Sir : The extraordinary circumstances which led to Uppark being preserved , virtually unchanged , since the early nineteenth century are well known . |
| 25 | All through the long , twisting lanes the route was marked by twigs — twigs from the witch 's broom — which led to Threlkeld and only ceased when they came to the church with a steeple crowned by a gilded weathercock . |
| 26 | In Timisoara on Dec. 16 , the first anniversary of the uprising in the city which led to Ceausescu 's downfall [ see pp. 37104-05 ] , there was a demonstration by 5,000-8,000 people , including students and workers , at which Fr Laszlo Tokes , the ethnic Hungarian priest whose arrest had sparked off the events of 1989 , called for a " second revolution , not like last year but a peaceful , Christian one " . |
| 27 | The implementation of the first stage of the government 's price legislation programme in November and December 1990 led to a wave of anti-government strikes and protest action , including demonstrations in Timisoara which began on Dec. 16 , the first anniversary of the uprising which led to Ceausescu 's downfall [ see pp. 37866 ; 37922 ] . |
| 28 | Next we knew , we must take the road which led to Cherbourg , where we hoped to find out more of what had happened on that tragic occasion — and we were soon on our way to the Château de la Brehouse at St Pierre Eglise , where we were to spend the night . |
| 29 | Also , it has proved very difficult to reproduce the events which led to Fleming 's famous observation , and it is clear that many versions of the story which were published 15 or more years later , after penicillin became famous , drew on faded but vivacious memories and are more or less imaginary . |
| 30 | Soon they turned down a side road which led to Drumbreck House where Sir Ewen McLay lived . |