Example sentences of "[that] [pron] [verb] [indef pn] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not that I was so self-blind that I saw nothing to be learnt . |
| 2 | While he was out I had rewritten my will so that I left nothing to my ex . |
| 3 | I felt that I needed someone to be with me all day and all night . |
| 4 | ‘ Querida , ’ he had murmured in her ear , and Ruth had waited breathlessly for the words she hoped to hear — that she meant something to him , that he needed her , that he wanted to love her . |
| 5 | But his insistence that she leave everything to him had only served to strengthen her determination to be independent . |
| 6 | It 's just that you wrote one to another girl . |
| 7 | ‘ She 's so little that we re-make everything to her size . |
| 8 | It was incredible , so incredible , so lost in time that it did something to me — changed my perspective , my outlook , something strange that even now I barely understand . |
| 9 | It takes as fact that employers , judges and Tory legislators can do no wrong , and so it is hardly surprising that it finds nothing to be said in favour of trade unions . |
| 10 | ‘ You are quite sure that he said nothing to you which might provide us with a clue to the killer ? ’ |
| 11 | That he meant nothing to her ? |
| 12 | ‘ Well — just for a little while , then , ’ he said , relenting — and perhaps enjoying the fact that he had something to relent about , was in command of the situation . |
| 13 | Apart from and me , there is , a rather lugubrious ( though pleasant ) Peruvian , and , the French Canadian , whole reminds me of , in that he expects everything to be done for him at little cost in exchange for a good wit and ready sense of humour — also like , he plays the piano , with a special line in French songs . |
| 14 | He has not only tarnished his relationship with Leeds United Football Club ( the club that he owes everything to including his 2.75M price tag ) , he also shit on the manager and those players who are left at the club , who helped him win a championship medal . |