Example sentences of "it [verb] [adj] to [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 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 | The remaining 90 per cent of cases remained an obstinate mystery until the middle fifties , when it became possible to culture this obscure organism on the yolk-sac of the chicken embryo . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 ! |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Chi Ophiuchi is an irregular variable with a range of from 4 to 5 ; it lies close to Phi ( 4.3 ) which makes a good comparison star . |
| 10 | It lies close to Canopus , and there are only two stars above the fourth magnitude : Alpha ( 3.3 ) and Beta ( 3.8 ) . |
| 11 | As it drew nearer to Corrie 's fifth birthday she began desperately seeking a way in which to keep her in Chertsey . |
| 12 | Perhaps it owes that to influences from its earlier history . |
| 13 | It cost 400 to book for a night . |
| 14 | " The copper ore of Greenburn was so fine in colour and texture that it came near to gold ! |
| 15 | It came direct to HH because Miller is a friend of Pringle 's : he was her teacher at University College . |
| 16 | Aye , it does , then it says welcome to Humberside . |
| 17 | It seemed familiar to Carrie . |
| 18 | It seemed strange to Maura to look up at someone . |
| 19 | Their mother had warned them to beg for forgiveness when their turn came to pray to their great-grandfather 's spirit before the altar , and it seemed certain to Lan 's ten-year-old mind that if she and her brothers had angered their father so deeply they must also have offended the spirits of their illustrious ancestors too . |
| 20 | It seemed incongruous to Dexter , inappropriate when he knew they had come to talk about violent death . |
| 21 | It seemed probable to Allen that there were still four verderers but that now they had between them only three horses . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | It seemed incredible to Tug that only five minutes before he had been calling her Ma and they had been grinning at each other . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | It seemed miraculous to Kit that the old woman did not die ; that she could haul herself back to life by miracles of her own devising , or by the medicine Ariel applied . |
| 27 | It 's passable , he says , and it leads direct to Tmjillo . |
| 28 | He was late yesterday , got a brand new vehicle and , yet I mean if , if was getting here at one and yesterday he got to ours at half past eleven , so erm , it was half past eleven that 's right , it was dead on , so erm , erm whatever 's he going to be like when it gets near to Christmas ? |
| 29 | To liberate desire from oppression is not — could never be — a matter of resuming or regaining a desire/subjectivity as it existed prior to discrimination . |
| 30 | ‘ To me it sounds similar to youth training schemes — a disgrace . |