Example sentences of "it [verb] [adv] [vb pp] to [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it has just happened to Kate Moss at the tender age of 18 . |
| 2 | It has since migrated to Europe , Latin America and the Caribbean , leaving a trail of slightly different strains in its wake . |
| 3 | It had not occurred to Nutty how accustomed they had become to the steamy swimming baths and the seventy-five degree water . |
| 4 | It had not occurred to Richard Branson , even in his wildest dreams , to own an airline . |
| 5 | It had not occurred to Melissa that Madame Gebrec would even remember her invitation , let alone wish it to stand , but there was no doubt of her sincerity as she said , ‘ No , not this evening , but another time , please . |
| 6 | The dispute was only resolved in July 1986 when Senor Perez de Cuellar , Secretary General of the United Nations , arranged a package deal whereby France paid the New Zealand government £4.5 million in addition to what it had privately paid to Pereira 's family and the £5 million it also had to pay Greenpeace in October 1987 . |
| 7 | It had also fallen to Montaine to take her brother food when he was confined to the cave , warn him of danger when it was acute , and when the coast was clear to fetch him home . |
| 8 | Smoke was now pouring thickly from the doorway and it had just occurred to Rocky that no enemy personnel had as yet put in an appearance , when Larsen came stumbling out , eyes streaming , one arm hugging his daughter protectively , shotgun dangling from his free hand . |
| 9 | It had never occurred to Howarth that the six senior staff sitting awkwardly around his table in the candlelight , unmellowed even by the wine , would see the whole occasion as an elaborate gastronomic charade designed to demonstrate his social and intellectual superiority . |
| 10 | Looking back on that moment , it had often occurred to Shiona that it had marked the path that their future relationship was to take . |