Example sentences of "the [noun pl] that [verb] [pers pn] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've cut the ropes that bind me to the shore , she thought , and sinking down onto the arm of Meredith 's chair she listened , smiling , to one of the pirates confiding that when he was in town he consulted the same dentist as dear Johnny . |
| 2 | In America small town-dumps have been closed , or sold by the cities that owned them to private operators . |
| 3 | For humanities students , as for science students , the values that attracted them to a subject were values which were also important to them as individuals . |
| 4 | ‘ It was brilliant to hit the goals that took us to the top , and it 's got to be the best 90 minutes of my career . ’ |
| 5 | The muscles are strengthened by an increased flow of blood , as are the ligaments that attach them to the bones . |
| 6 | ‘ The only people doing any laughing are the gypsies that sell it to you , ’ she 'd retort . |
| 7 | I pulled off the wires that joined her to my machine . |
| 8 | ‘ One of the things that attracted us to him is that he is someone who is willing to stand up and speak against something that he believes is wrong . ’ |
| 9 | Like many supposed puppets , Mr Castro learnt to tug on the strings that tied him to his masters ' hands . |
| 10 | Ariel , watching , wished that she too could defy the bonds that tied her to the earth , and her blood leapt with Dulé 's ascent . |
| 11 | When she got off the bus at her usual stop , even the moderate leafiness of the district contributed to her hopes , and she saw , fleetingly , the features that caused it to be described by others as a desirable residential area . |
| 12 | At the end of May 1913 Emily Davison was at home in Longhorsley , near Morpeth , recovering from her latest spell in prison , when she received by telegram the instructions that took her to Tattenham Corner as the Derby field approached . |
| 13 | At this range the flaws that reduced him to humanity , and a fairly limited humanity at that , were plain to be seen : the stubble of coarse reddish beard he had n't bothered to shave , the roughness of his weathered skin over the immaculate but brutal bones , the inlaid indifference of the blue eyes . |
| 14 | ‘ The simplest of jobs can be done with panache ’ , he would instruct whenever one of his staff fell short of his standards of perfection — the standards that endeared him to his ‘ Shiny Set ’ customers and staff alike . |
| 15 | Although he had defied her before , it had only been in words but now the thought that he had the choice of putting those words into action and so set a new pattern , and in doing so break one of the threads that tied him to her , caused his whole body to tremble and his voice to quiver as he said , ‘ Either you give me permission freely to go with Mick tomorrow or I go down now and put it to Martin . ’ |
| 16 | She did n't hear the door open or feel the hands that eased her to her feet . |