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

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1 It is a striking coincidence that in the same year that Aethelbald came to power among the Mercians , the assassination of Osred , son of Aldfrith , in Northumbria and the accession there of Coenred also broke the entrenched power of the family of Aethelfrith which had dominated the kingship of the northern Angles for more than seventy years ( see below , pp. 47 ff . ) .
2 After the Milan performance , Koons had a translator convince Cicciolina to do a series of soft-core photo shoots with him , sessions that evolved during the later photo shoots that Illona succumbed to Koons ' charms .
3 Instead , attention has centred on the poor performance of the 851 Flexible buses that Grumman sold to New York 's Metropolitan Transport Authority in 1980 .
4 666 that Wilfrid returned to Deira by which time Tuda had died and King Oswiu had appointed Chad , the brother of Cedd , as bishop of York .
5 It was in 686 , in the second year of King Aldfrith ( Vita Wilfridi , ch. 44 : HE IV , 19 ) , that Wilfrid returned to Northumbria .
6 It was not until after the 1914 war and nearly five years with the French army — although domiciled in England for some thirty years he never at any time entertained the idea of becoming a naturalized British subject , considering it highly improper for a Frenchman to renounce his country — and following the failure of his London decorating business , which before the war had been successful , that Boulestin turned to cookery writing .
7 ‘ Did I tell you that Ginny came to lunch today ? ’
8 And with Everton and Chelsea also winning , the only disappointment is that Celtic lost to Rangers .
9 Also , I seem to remember , although ca n't be sure , being told that you can now produce Data Only versions of the tape following a Change Request that Simon put to Ray Hawi on 8 May .
10 By the time that Glen returned to Scotland , in 1834 , his reputation as a Persian scholar was already established .
11 By the time that Graham got to Tamiami , work was in hand on the careful dismantling of the remains of the Weeks hangar .
12 No one can fault the absolute loyalty that Willie gave to Ted and then Margaret .
13 the chasm is too great though the gulf between God and man is , is far too wide and we try our various planks , our planks of being good , of doing nice things , planks of being religious , of being confirmed , of being baptized , of going to church of perhaps attending church , perhaps even becoming a member of a church , the plank of saying prayers I think you know and God does n't even hear us , the bible tells us , if I regarded iniquity in my heart God does n't hear me , he says I will not hear you , the only prayer that God hears from the sinner is God be merciful to me a sinner and we 've tried that plank and it does n't work , of course it does n't because that 's not what it means to be a Christian , the plank of bible reading , we can read the bible , we can memorise it , it does n't make us a Christian , Jesus said to some of the religious leaders of his days , you search the scriptures for you think that in them you have life , but you will not come to me , and so it 's not being in religious , er being religious or any thing else as we well know , it 's something far , far more fundamental than that , those words that Jesus said to Nicodemus you must be born again , that new birth , that new start , starting all over again , and so what happens , what 's it all about , what is it to , what is it to be a Christian .
14 The fact that Jesus referred to God as ‘ Father ’ made this move seem axiomatic .
15 It was when he was testing the third of those with his stethoscope that Carrington beckoned to Talbot , who came and listened in turn .
16 It is alleged that Grenfell admitted to detectives that hours before killing Sergeant King , Vernage told him : ‘ There 's going to be a war . ’
17 It seems that BBC2 responded to Channel 4 's Love Weekend by scheduling A Night of Love , totalling seven hours 20 minutes of programmes .
18 Or perhaps I should say that Mike went to Bracken Cottage while you and I were in Bruges .
19 ‘ This is a promise that God gave to Abraham , ’ North said Reagan had told him , in the slightly hectoring tone he always had in the North dreams ; ‘ Who am I to say that we should not do this ? ’
20 The local police had told the sergeant that Marek cycled to school every morning to keep fit and to save money .
21 All peasants believed that Odin fled to Møn after the coming of Christianity had made him homeless .
22 She then launched into an account so detailed that Johnson said to Boswell , ‘ All this should be written down , ’ and Boswell did , in a faithful rendition that traces every move made by the prince and those who wished him to escape — every hardship , close call and incident , every hope , frustration and despair .
23 The irony : it is because of that protection that Honda came to Swindon .
24 It was unfair that Rosa appeared to others to stumble through the day with her heavy clumsiness when Cati knew the brilliant forkings of her sister 's spirit in intimacy , the bright patterns she could weave out of the darkness , that made her something rare and starry .
25 Colin Gregory was particularly pleased that PFR returned to power shortly before he left Reactor Services to become Divisional Manager , Dounreay Operations , AEA Fuel Services .
26 From this it seems evident that Jacques brought to London examples of Hotteterre instruments .
27 Generation ‘ The fact that Clinton went to Oxford for two years makes it even more likely that there will be a very good , firm and friendly special relationship on a personal level , ’ she said .
28 He produced newspaper cuttings proving that BB came to Nefta but I am not convinced that she stayed in the Hotel de la Liberté , whose plumbing leaves everything to be desired .
29 There is no doubt that Nicholl returned to England with the Regiment on 3 August 1824 .
30 It was in the spring of 1956 that Elizabeth came to Greece for the first time , on a cruise .
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