Example sentences of "it [vb past] to the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then I thought this might not be understood by many people , and also , by the time it got to the Augean Bulls and the Birds of Stymphalus , it would be a little recondite for people like Terry Coleman . ’ |
| 2 | The extent to which the PCF was committed to popular front cultural politics can be appreciated both by the amount of time and energy that it devoted to the anti-fascist congresses , peace movements and revolutionary cultural associations of the period , and by its willingness to engage in the policy of la main tendue ( " the outstretched hand " ) in its relations with sympathisers of any persuasion , ideological or religious , willing to collaborate in its struggle against capitalist warmongering , imperialism , fascism and oppression . |
| 3 | It referred to the same matters as the Financial Secretary had stated to the Committee and concluded : |
| 4 | The Club proved very popular for many years as it appealed to the many actors , artists and musicians who found the atmosphere of Bedford Park most congenial . |
| 5 | Ramsey ended the week with a conviction that Temple 's quiet explanation of a Christian philosophy of life was the right way to expound Christianity in modern society and that the emotional popular mission was the wrong way because it appealed to the wrong emotions . |
| 6 | In December 1990 it came to the other directors ' knowledge that M and another manager , Elizabeth Melon , the software sales manager , intended to start a new company and to take over the distribution of the Boeing software . |
| 7 | When it came to the major events in the life of that other world outside Baldersdale , such as Christmas , the celebrations were muted , to say the least . |
| 8 | It was this fact which led Lord Lyons to comment that the government did not lead so much as follow when it came to the last stages of the crisis . |
| 9 | We still worked for our own papers but pooled our resources when it came to the human-interest pieces for the Sundays . |
| 10 | This , of course , was not how it seemed to the European powers which held authority over the Middle East after the 1914–18 war . |
| 11 | She kissed and blessed him and hugged him close , and it seemed to the uneasy watchers that she would after all change her mind . |
| 12 | In 1609–20 it belonged to the Czech Brothers and the father-in-law of Comenius preached here . |
| 13 | Not the least surprising aspect of the BBC radio documentary ’ The Price of Perfection ’ was the space it gave to the aggrieved reminiscences of the Philharmonia Orchestra 's former first flute , Gareth Morris . |