Example sentences of "that [adv] [vb past] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All thoughts of where they were and what was happening fled abruptly as she stared at him with a shock that soon turned to joy as she saw the expression on his face . |
| 2 | Famous finds made by the use of Garrett machines include the ‘ Hand of Faith ’ nugget uncovered from an Australian goldfield ; and the Middleham Jewel a pendant that once belonged to Richard III . |
| 3 | And the biggest — the biggest godsend that ever came to Bass 's in the maltings was the endless belt . |
| 4 | He had this quirky sense of humour that always seemed to surface whenever Lisa least expected it . |
| 5 | Their wails and screams rose above the crackle of their burning homes and were made even more blood-curdling by the clangorous din of the church bells that frantically appealed to heaven for aid . |
| 6 | ‘ He evolved in such a way that really came to life for me , ’ she says . |
| 7 | The two that immediately came to mind were running a charity and looking at whether any of her work was commercially viable which , since it is biotechnology-based , there was a good chance it would be . |
| 8 | Denis Brailsford , an inter-war spectator and a distinguished sports historian , recalled that he first went to football in the 1930s as part of his father 's extended family of miners and their wives , who made up the core of a group that regularly went to Mansfield Town 's home games . |
| 9 | However , in a statement on July 23 , Shamir described Assad 's response as " a phenomenon similar to what happened in Egypt with President Sadat when a revolution occurred in his concepts that ultimately led to negotiations with Israel and to peace " . |
| 10 | The Montreal Protocol of 1987 was a landmark — the first piece of global environmental legislation that actually led to products being banned . |
| 11 | They had made love before of course , a gentle , tentative , lovemaking that never came to fruition . |