Example sentences of "it [vb past] [adv] [adj] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It came as near to cattiness as Grenfell could , and gently brought the house down . |
| 2 | As a bachelor it seemed slightly shocking to Rupert that a colleague , even though an anthropologist , should think nothing of abandoning his wife when she was ill . |
| 3 | It seemed insanely silly to Lydia that she should be standing in her own kitchen flanked by two women for whom she had no time . |
| 4 | The trouble was that it seemed almost unfair to Donald not to have another go . |
| 5 | Took a walk in the fields saw an old wood stile taken away from a favourite spot which it had occupied all my life the posts were overgrown with Ivy & it seemed so akin to nature & the spot where it stood as tho it had taken it on lease for an undisturbed existance it hurt me to see it was gone for my affections claims a friendship with such things but nothing is lasting in this world last year Langley Bush was destroyd an old white thorn that had stood for more than a century full of fame the gipsies shepherds & herdmen all had their tales of its history & it will be long ere its memory is forgotten . |
| 6 | Spring had really arrived now and it seemed very exciting to Colin , who had lived indoors for so long . |
| 7 | It was vital that we understood the political infighting between the ‘ moderates ’ and the ‘ radicals ’ there as it seemed more relevant to John and the other British hostages . |
| 8 | It sounded pretty implausible to Charles , but Detective-Sergeant McWhirter gave a reassuring nod . |