Example sentences of "it [vb past] [prep] me [conj] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It occurred to me that this was not some two-bit gambling ring . |
| 2 | Recalling what I had glimpsed of his relationships with both Henry Clerval and Elizabeth , it occurred to me that this conflict probably characterized all his friendships . |
| 3 | Gangs of men were at work trying to rescue the contents of the burning shacks , going from one to another , putting out the fires ; or so I thought till with a shock it came to me that these were no rescuers but incendiaries , that the battle I saw them waging was not with the flames but with the rain . |
| 4 | It seemed to me that each person living in a house needed his or her special place , a sort of perch . |
| 5 | It seemed to me that all surfers aspired to the condition of divinity . |
| 6 | But it seemed to me that most of us were just acting . |
| 7 | With Amantani fresh in my mind it seemed to me that more than the cattle were tethered here . |
| 8 | When I took on the marine operations every ship had a fiftyfour man crew and it seemed to me that this was inefficient , so I did a trip on a ship and I came back quite convinced you could actually run a ship with twenty-one men . |
| 9 | And when he said that he could n't agree with me , but please , please could n't we let the matter drop since nothing we said or did could alter the course of events , I was enraged because it seemed to me that this really was his attitude , he wanted a quiet life , not to be involved . |
| 10 | Moreover she breathed out power also ; one felt it in the air as one feels a thunderstorm before it breaks , and it seemed to me that this power was not quite human , that it drew its strength from afar and dwelt a stranger to the earth . |
| 11 | It seemed to me that this would be an interesting and upbeat note on which to finish our current serious on the theme of disasters , so I asked him what he meant by human betterment . |
| 12 | Gradually , it dawned on me that this was an organisation which would allow me to take and give . |