Example sentences of "it [vb past] to [pers pn] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Dougal was halfway back to the car park before it occurred to him that flight was not necessarily the wisest course of action .
2 It seemed to him that Strawberry might as well have said that his tail was an oak tree .
3 Even if we discount the fact that Rothmans was the British hope in the last Whitbread Round the World Race , it seemed to me that Yachting World took the opportunity to mention tobacco companies wherever possible .
4 Now it seemed to us that freedom from disease was more likely related to the weak growth of the trees in the forest .
5 It happened to me last week . ’
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