Example sentences of "it [verb] [prep] me that " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The means of accomplishing these points did not immediately present themselves : but early in 1765 it occurred to me that , if a communication were opened between a cylinder containing steam and another vessel which was exhausted of air and other fluids , would immediately rush into the empty vessel , and continue to do so until it had established an equilibrium : and if that vessel were kept cool by an injection , or otherwise , more steam would continue to enter until the whole was condensed ’ .
2 On our last night in Vorarlberg , watching nine-month-old Elisabeth crawling round the dining room and finding a welcome at every table , it occurred to me that , right from babyhood , children instinctively know whether they 're welcome .
3 It occurred to me that , only a generation before mine , automobiles had been fuelled by gasoline .
4 I see a man up on the hill , but when as the minutes pass he does not move it occurs to me that what I am looking at must be a stone .
5 It occurs to me that ‘ mail order coffin supply ’ might be a suitable avenue to explore . ’
6 It occurs to me that , before returning the animals to the land again , a trace could be put inside each animal .
7 As a guiding principle , it seemed to me that future business information systems must not only be able to cope with all the many individual sources of business information , but also , such systems should be able to rank those sources in importance using various appropriate criteria .
8 At this time ( the late 1970s ) , I was teaching courses in the sociology of deviance to degree and social work students , and it seemed to me that certain key ideas and insights from this work could usefully be applied to the study of child abuse .
9 But it seemed to me that , had they loved one another well , they would have been able to support one another in their tragedy .
10 Indeed it seemed to me that what they were involved in was some sort of violence , and I felt frightened .
11 In those days , it seemed to me that released hostages had come out of deepest , darkest Africa .
12 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 .
13 It seemed to me that , in this way and with some fresh views to submit , and possessed with a totally new interest in the Orient , I might contribute something , however modest , to the Italian ‘ problem ’ .
14 My brother had enlisted in the Grenadier Guards , and was at Camberley , but my mother and sister were still in Merstham ; and it seemed to me that , in the event of a German landing , for which Churchill had alerted the public , a place as safe as any would be my Wiltshire village of Seend , where there was a delightful little Guest House , kept by a Mrs Earle .
15 Now it seemed to me that one thousand six hundred was initially as a result of survey work or shall we say investigation into the housing waiting list carried out by the York housing department , and I have to say that I have a certain respect for the York housing department , and they have a certain reasonable and good reputation within the region as a housing department , and so there seems to me that there is a gr a there is a potential to underestimate er the the affordable requirement that 's been put to you , another point erm I 'd just like perhaps to seek a little clarification from Mr Curtis , was was unfortunately I was looking something else up or my attention was diverted when he gave some figures for Ryedale and Selby , I think he said , and I 'll happily stand corrected on this , that if you take away the York requirement figure from his ten thousand four hundred for Greater York , then the remainder he would apportion to Selby and Ryedale , so that Selby got four thousand two hundred , sorry , so that Ryedale got four thousand two hundred and Selby got one thousand seven hundred , erm that does n't add up to ten thousand four hundred and I I I in total , and I I wondered where the rest was coming from , if I the point correctly .
16 It seemed to me that various things he did could have gone into other directions , but some kind of self-protective mechanism of his just pulled him back and he did what he knew . ’
17 As a non-philosopher I always used to find that slightly depressing statement that of Eyre 's about beauty , and it seemed to me that one could immediately follow that by saying just because there 's a word for it maybe you have it because you like it and you want to use it and is n't that self-validating in a sense .
18 As a non-philosopher I always used to find that a slightly depressing statement , that of Ayer 's about beauty , and it seemed to me that one could perhaps immediately follow that by saying ‘ Just because there 's a word for it maybe , you have it because you like it and you want to use it and is n't that self- validating in a sense ? ’
19 Only then did it occur to me that , of course , my witticism would not be easily appreciated by someone who was not aware that it was gypsies who had passed by .
20 But it appears to me that , on the face of this document , there is no intention shown so to limit its effect , and that it is framed in the widest possible terms so as to cover , not only this particular debt , but all other claims by the bank in connection with the Professional and Trades Papers Ltd. , for it is admitted that the foundation of the judgment was the guarantee , and at the time this document was drawn up there was this joint liability on the judgment to the extent of £6,000 .
21 It appears to me that default in the sense of breach of duty must persist after the act or neglect until the damage is suffered .
22 VISCOUNT SIMONDS ( dissenting ) : It appears to me that , in order to comply with the provisions of section 8 and thus obtain its protection , there are three relevant conditions to be satisfied by the manufacturer of an article which would otherwise be an infringement of copyright .
23 said : ‘ It appears to me that , when the plaintiffs demanded payment of their debt , and in consequence of that application the defendant agreed to give certain security , although there was no promise on the part of the plaintiffs to abstain for any certain time from suing for the debt , the effect was , that the plaintiffs did in effect give , and the defendant received , the benefit of some degree of forbearance ; not indeed , for any definite time but , at all events , some extent of forbearance . ’
24 ‘ If A delivers goods to B on sale or return and B having received them immediately delivers them to C on sale or return , the reasonable time in the one case must , I think , be co-extensive with that in the other case and if that reasonable time elapses and C brings back the goods to B and B takes them back to A , everybody is acting within his rights , and it appears to me that property never passes … if under like circumstances A delivers goods to B and B delivers them to C in each case on sale or return and the reasonable time be , let us say , 14 days , and C after four days sells the goods or elects to buy the goods , I think property will have passed , because C will have done an act which renders it impossible for B to return the goods to A. ’
25 He said : ‘ It seems to me that business could not function properly if such information could not be kept confidential . ’
26 And here it seems to me that music education is one of the most neglected things in our culture today .
27 Now it seems to me that for Dorothy Heathcote man 's curiosity about the world is the very source of her interest in drama , of her interest in history , of her interest in education and indeed , of her interest in Life .
28 But I have over the last six months had occasion to discuss this very matter with a number of very highly placed Americans , and it seems to me that thinking in that country is much more far-sighted than that represented by their countryman here .
29 It seems to me that , in this respect , we have a great deal to learn from the best American schools .
30 It seems to me that music television , like sports programming , mainly assumes that its audiences live in the same world and share the same expertise .
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