Example sentences of "it [verb] to him [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | It occurred to him for the first time that Celia would be a bad enemy , just as she was a good friend . |
2 | It occurred to him as a possibility , for instance , that , prior to being ‘ kept alive ’ for ten days , Dobson might first have been murdered . |
3 | It occurred to him with a sudden pang that this was now in jeopardy . |
4 | How differently did it appear to him from the Berelands ' assessment ! |
5 | It came to him as a Revelation , descending upon his mind in all its complex glory , that there was a man in the City in need of his help , and that the man — his name did n't matter-would free everyone as this awakening had freed him . |
6 | Leon Kennedy slumped in his chair , laughing , and it came to him with the same elegance as movement . |
7 | Thus one conspirator in the 1961 Great Heavy Electrical Industry conspiracy said : ‘ We understand this was what the company wanted us to do ’ , and another reported that , ‘ It ( the instruction ) came to me from my superior … but my impression was that it came to him from higher up ’ . |
8 | It came to him in the small hours . |
9 | It came to him in a flash . |
10 | It came to him in a flash . |
11 | Rereading one before he put it in the envelope , it seemed to him to be ill-organized , to have no coherent theme . |
12 | He was also working for the British Council , writing for foreign magazines and attending functions organized by the Anglo-Swedish Society or the Norwegian Institute , as well as seeing American G.I.s stationed in London — it seemed to him on occasions that every American sergeant wrote verse . |
13 | Ludens had , as it seemed to him with helpless fascination , seen , in the last days , perhaps more obscurely weeks , his feelings about Irina undergo a transformation . |
14 | Every time he heard the sacred name pronounced by this strange voice , Henri thrilled with joy ; it seemed to him like a voice from beyond the grave , something mysterious and superhuman . |
15 | But so also must it stand to him for warmth , for … affection . |
16 | It felt to him like an hour before Nutty stopped Midnight again . |