Example sentences of "[to-vb] the [noun pl] that [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ 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 . ’
2 As he went to the net , he raised one finger in the air as if to acknowledge the banners that proclaimed him No 1 — he might not be but the way he played last night he could be again soon .
3 Since he wanted people to pay him in cash , and to stimulate the transactions that enabled them to do so , it was in his interests to restore confidence in the currency .
4 His dark head bent , his lips trailing over her face gently , and Maggie swayed forward , immediately entranced , immediately hungry for more , turning her head to meet the lips that captured hers .
5 You do n't seem to realise the difficulties that confronted us when facing the problems that this site gave us . ’
6 Before looking in more detail at who the ‘ Hooligans ’ were , and in order to place the controversies that surrounded them in perspective , it will be helpful to make an imaginative effort to reconstruct the kind of social world in which the original ‘ Hooligans ’ moved .
7 She stared blankly at the boys for a couple of seconds , then shook her head and tried to ignore the fears that crowded her .
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