Example sentences of "it [verb] [adj] to [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he moved away from the tree it became apparent to Marian that between him and the trunk lay a substantial sack , and that it was this he had been defending so stoutly . |
| 2 | During the following days it became apparent to Merrill that not only did Luke mean to keep Rob 's nose well and truly to the grindstone , but he did n't intend to take the pressure off her either — although , in fairness , she had to admit that Luke worked harder than both of them . |
| 3 | As they drove out of town , along the quiet roads to the country , it became clear to Juliet that the brandy and soda her father had given him had n't been Nigel 's first drink of the evening . |
| 4 | It became clear to Truman as the months passed that the Soviet government was taking little heed of these threats and that differences over the composition of the Polish and other East European governments , over the fate of Germany and a host of other issues , remained as wide as ever . |
| 5 | But in meeting with Kosygin it became clear to Razak that the Soviet Union would prefer its own larger collective security agreement , which would embrace Japan , Pakistan and India as well as the smaller states . |
| 6 | As the days passed it became clear to Ned 's family that he was drifting away from them and his strange affair with the stone was fast turning into a deep and meaningful relationship ! |
| 7 | In the weeks that followed , it became obvious to Liza 's contemporaries , much to their envy , annoyance and disgust , that Liza was Freddie 's latest girlfriend . |
| 8 | It lies close to Canopus , and there are only two stars above the fourth magnitude : Alpha ( 3.3 ) and Beta ( 3.8 ) . |
| 9 | As it drew nearer to Corrie 's fifth birthday she began desperately seeking a way in which to keep her in Chertsey . |
| 10 | It came direct to HH because Miller is a friend of Pringle 's : he was her teacher at University College . |
| 11 | Aye , it does , then it says welcome to Humberside . |
| 12 | It seemed familiar to Carrie . |
| 13 | It seemed strange to Maura to look up at someone . |
| 14 | It seemed incongruous to Dexter , inappropriate when he knew they had come to talk about violent death . |
| 15 | It seemed probable to Allen that there were still four verderers but that now they had between them only three horses . |
| 16 | His business contacts were being checked , but it seemed unlikely to Azadi that any of them would have been in a position to spirit the shipowner away at a moment 's notice . |
| 17 | Back in his own home , it seemed incredible to George that he had actually seen Tamar 's attacker at Thorsbury , and yet he was certain that the groom was the same man . |
| 18 | Remembering how General Steiner had met his end in the Gestapo cellars at Prinz Albrechtstrasse , it seemed likely to Schellenberg that Himmler might have other reasons . |
| 19 | It 's passable , he says , and it leads direct to Tmjillo . |
| 20 | So , although the events leading up to the Civil War made it seem desirable to Hobbes to write De Cive before the completion of De Homine , his finding this possible was not inconsistent with his conception of a three-part ordered system of Elements of Philosophy . |
| 21 | Somehow it appeared undignified to Dexter because the TV reporter 's face was so classically handsome . |