Example sentences of "that [adv] belonged " in BNC.
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| 1 | Part of the trouble stemmed from a dislike of Sandys ' refusal to heed professional advice , and from his propensity for allowing the senior civil servants in the Ministry of Defence to usurp the powers that properly belonged to the Chiefs of Staff . |
| 2 | That was when Sharpe bothered to show himself at the Prince 's headquarters at all ; he evidently preferred to spend his days riding the French frontier which was a job that properly belonged to the pompous General Dornberg , which thought reminded the Prince that Dornberg 's noon report should have arrived . |
| 3 | It was thought desirable to hedge it about with safeguards that would prevent the representatives from arrogating to themselves the powers and authority that properly belonged to the people . |
| 4 | The Cottage is opposite the Civic Theatre , a pretty good place for a restaurant to be , in premises that latterly belonged to a double glazier and some time before that were a three ball , fully paid up pawnbroker 's . |
| 5 | In fact the street names and the rest belong with the extremely important disjunctive flotsam of the book : paintpots , old rope , the odd sock , boots that once belonged to the Secretary at the English Embassy , twists of paper , egg-shells , fish-guts , frayed blood-soaked strips torn from trouserbottoms and coat-pockets , an axe-sling in ribbons ( ‘ Little bits of tom linen can not possibly arouse suspicion ! , ’ ) half-eaten meals , small change , miscellaneous pawned objects , candle-ends , trousseau-stuff ( ‘ fancy boxes , dressing-cases , ornaments , dress material , and all that sort of junk from Knopf 's and the English Shop ’ ) broken crocks ( cherepki ) , and skulls ( cherepi ) . |
| 6 | Facing the Černín Palace , look to your right across to the small buildings ( 1602 ) that once belonged to the Capuchins . |
| 7 | They include the Duchess of Windsor 's inscribed gold Cartier bracelet and a diamond and turquoise turtle brooch that once belonged to the late American artist Andy Warhol . |
| 8 | Nearly two-thirds of the drawings are English , mainly Victorian , and Pre-Raphaelite , including a large tempera and oil ‘ Saint Barbara ’ by Burne-Jones that once belonged to Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin , a Ruskin watercolour of the sun-drenched cathedral of Sens , and a bellowing stag by Landseer , with earlier works by Romney , Rowlandson , Varley and Cotman . |
| 9 | Unknown to the Orcs , the crown was working its power upon Azhag , for it was an ancient and evil device that once belonged to the Liche Lord Nagash himself , and his power and his spirit still clung to it . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | But not when you put it into context with the vast sums of money spent supporting privatization , or the salaries of over privileged , so called captains of industries , industries that once belonged to this nation . |
| 12 | The family wanted a three inch carving of the bear on the headstone , to symbolise the only thing that ever belonged to tragic Sophie , but the church has said no . |
| 13 | Another inch , another foot , another yard — on they crawled through the wet , cold mud across a terrain that still belonged to no man . |