Example sentences of "that [vb past] [adv] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The system models represented an ideal that applied equally to the situation before and after the implementation of the ERA . |
| 2 | Jessamy walked through the wilder part of the garden and then sat on a fallen tree-trunk , rapidly sketching the shadow-filled path that led round to the pond , the twisted shapes of the tree boughs , and the dark clumps of rushes . |
| 3 | They had visited the fifteenth-century pavilion , which had taken them back to the world of 1492 and immersed them in an era that led up to the discovery of America . |
| 4 | But his secretiveness extended to not even telling them that , and they had to be content to accompany him as he turned left at the foot of the steps that led up to the station entrance and headed for the quays . |
| 5 | The car drew up at one of the big houses on the prosperous shore road , facing the grassy slope that led up to the promenade . |
| 6 | He brushed dust from his sleeve and headed towards the flight of stone steps that led up to the embankment . |
| 7 | When they stopped , in blackness and silence , before the steps that led up to the kitchen door , the only door anyone ever used at Trelorne , Murphy wanted to accompany her inside . |
| 8 | Every Scot knows at least part of the story of the massacre , but many are not aware of the background that led up to the atrocity and too little is known about the heinous wickedness of some of the characters involved . |
| 9 | A thick hedge of cypresses hid the pool from the lawns that led up to the house . |
| 10 | Hosanna padded down from the steps that led up to the patio door and sat beside her , lifting his right paw and placing it on her thigh . |
| 11 | But the great popularity of that sort of book in the 1920s and 1930s had another effect besides producing the series of direct variants that led eventually to the crime novel . |
| 12 | But he did reconsider next day , when he saw her watching the passage of the porter from the refectory before noon , and following him with her eyes as he turned in between infirmary and schoolroom , where the two small stony cells were built into the angle of the wall , close to the wicket that led through to the mill and the pond . |
| 13 | In the narrow passage that led through to the garden , they came upon Rafiq . |
| 14 | As he watched , the two men wandered over to the door that led through to the garden . |
| 15 | The boat house resembled a small chapel built into the sloping land that led down to the water 's edge , except that it was windowless and the bell in the tower no longer rang . |
| 16 | Kit Hegarty moved swiftly around her large house in a quiet road that led down to the sea . |
| 17 | I hurried down steep Flower Hill , a flowerless road of grey terraced houses and shops that led down to the bridge and the weir . |
| 18 | Luke Travis was standing at the top of the short flight of stone steps that led down to the garden . |
| 19 | She blinked as they emerged into blinding brightness and searing heat , and paused to fumble for her sunglasses before they descended the broad flight of steps that led down to the canal . |
| 20 | But a minute or two later , as they turned out of the car park and headed for the road that led back to the villa , Ronni gave way to the growing desolation within her . |
| 21 | The upper gallery was lit only by two of the many triple candle-holders in wall-scounces , one at the top of the stairs , and one down the left corridor that led back to the front of the house . |
| 22 | The last thing I wanted was to find myself slithering down the steep craggy section above the corrie , having mistakenly bypassed the Y-shaped gully that led back to the car , yet I could sense I was getting it all a bit wrong . |
| 23 | Beyond the door was a narrow corridor that led off to the right . |
| 24 | Tom , Faye and Bill were still talking there , and as she crossed the entrance foyer that led out to the veranda on this side , she heard her own name . |
| 25 | Nicolo jerked his head towards the door that led out to the reception area . |
| 26 | However , it was the loss of Lord Rothermere 's support and the free publicity in the Daily Mail that contributed most to the decline of the BUF . |
| 27 | AT&T Co and Unix System Laboratories Inc want to be sure that no one that contributed significantly to the advance of Unix these past 24 years is overlooked at the big bash they 're throwing at UniForum ; all obscure names gratefully received . |
| 28 | Well we , we had about sixty erm , people that trudged up to the top of the hill including erm , one who did n't know there was a wedding , he was a runner , and then he |
| 29 | We also used to catch greenfinches that came on to the barley . |
| 30 | ( WES ) ( ANNE ) Still to come on Central News … the round the world race that came down to the line . |