Example sentences of "[vb past] to [noun pl] that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was evidence of rivets in it and an X-ray revealed traces of a metal covering , which confirmed to experts that it might well have come from the gable end of just such a shrine , and that it could well have been the piece described by the father of Welsh historical research . |
| 2 | However , on his return to Hong Kong on April 8 he indicated to reporters that he had been unsuccessful in his attempt to win Chinese approval for the project . |
| 3 | Debbie , who is now married , says : ‘ Years later Luke confessed to friends that he really fancied me . |
| 4 | Ms. Quant confided to delegates that she often jollied Plunkett ( her husband , entrepreneur Alexander Plunkett-Green ) into helping her dye her pubic hair some fantasy shade , or to trim it to a neat heart shape . |
| 5 | It was this statement of the law which led to outcries that it was a ‘ Rapist 's Charter ’ . |
| 6 | The introductions last year of massively parallel machines by the likes of Intel Corp , Thinking Machines Corp opened up the parallel market and led to forecasts that they would eventually replace the vector machines first developed by Seymour Cray , who did his pioneering work at the then Control Data Corp before moving on to found Cray Research Inc and then Cray Computer Corp . |
| 7 | Liz 's illness led to rumours that she had collapsed and died at 5am yesterday . |
| 8 | America 's close association with Israel led to expectations that it enjoyed indirect control over the behaviour of the latter . |
| 9 | Chevènement 's visit to Saudi Arabia on Jan. 20 led to accusations that he was undermining the morale of French troops , while on Jan. 23 he provoked a controversy when he called into question the patriotism of former President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and of former Prime Minister Jacques Chirac , as well as recalling that both had assisted Iraq in developing its nuclear potential by authorizing a number of major contracts in the 1970s . |
| 10 | It was only when his drunken behaviour led to blows that he started to reform . |
| 11 | It was n't an April Fool 's Day joke when engineers working on WCUK 's VAT building in Liverpool announced to colleagues that they could walk on water ! |
| 12 | He announced to cheers that he had written to Presidents Gorbachev and Bush seeking support for what has been called Prague 's polite revolution . |
| 13 | He announced to cheers that he had written to Presidents Gorbachev and Bush seeking support for what has been called Prague 's polite revolution . |
| 14 | Dahmer admitted to police that he had killed 17 people since 1978 ; however , his defence lawyer intended to enter an insanity plea if he was convicted , in a trial scheduled to begin in January 1992 . |
| 15 | Potter admitted to police that he had intended selling the drug . |
| 16 | The moderate socialists still controlled the CEC elected by the first All-Russian Congress of Soviets in June , but acceded to demands that they summon a Second Congress which , following a series of regional soviet congresses , eventually met on 25 October . |
| 17 | If news wended to Spittals that she had any more interest in the Mills murder she would be suspended immediately . |
| 18 | I jumped to conclusions that I had no right to jump to . ’ |