Example sentences of "it [verb] the [adv] [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It became the most important thing in his life . |
| 2 | It had seemed to her at the time that this was all she was to be allowed of Ace , and so it became the most precious thing in her life . |
| 3 | It seemed the most natural thing in the world . |
| 4 | ‘ When your Uncle Jim died , ’ Louise continued , ‘ and I decided to retire up here , it seemed the most natural thing in the world that cousins should want to be close in their widowhood . |
| 5 | She supposed she ought to feel apprehensive , but she felt only deep delight , and it seemed the most natural thing in the world to be making her way through the moonlight to Raynor . |
| 6 | So for a second it seemed the most natural thing in the world when the ships airlock suddenly opened , and I stepped out of my cabin to see Sergia framed in the lock , with two male Ardakkeans behind her . |
| 7 | Straining away from him , gasping with tortured gratification , she found that it seemed the most natural thing in the world to her when she was swept up in his arms and carried through into the bedroom , to be laid gently down on the soft duvet . |
| 8 | I was flooded with joy , and all at once it seemed the most important thing in the world that he should know that I still loved him , too . |
| 9 | He can kiss a strange baby and make it look the most natural thing in the world — another skill some of his younger and brighter rivals do not find easy . |
| 10 | In fact it does the most natural thing , which is to go round the end of the opening . |