Example sentences of "it [vb past] to [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It occurred to me such deceptive ‘ little angels ’ would not be above nicking the odd relic if they happened to come across it . |
| 2 | It occurred to me first that she was playing some dangerous role — as in her old undercover days — perhaps trying to gain some sort of information or advantage . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 ’ . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It occurred to me that , only a generation before mine , automobiles had been fuelled by gasoline . |
| 6 | The following day , while flogging up Beinn Tulaichean , it occurred to me this is a scheme capable of considerable development , and a National Munro Exchange could be set up — computerised of course . |
| 7 | It occurred to me this was not an ideal arrangement ; I had a funny , cold feeling in the middle of dinner that perhaps we had been wrong to delay matters until this last moment , where there could be no immediate follow-up , when I must leave him the next day . |
| 8 | It occurred to him that being on foot was probably an advantage ; a car drawing up on the gravel would be heard from the house . |
| 9 | Dougal was halfway back to the car park before it occurred to him that flight was not necessarily the wisest course of action . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , I had an odd feeling about this fellow and it came to me many times during my short period as an Instructor . |
| 11 | It came to her that being bewitched was like drowning , dark and easy . |
| 12 | As a consequence , the very idea of politics became degraded and execrated in the minds of the citizens , as it seemed to them synonymous with lawlessness , mendacity and opportunism . ’ |
| 13 | It seemed to them naïve to suppose , like Descartes , that physical forces could lead to the formation during embryonic development of such complex structures as animals possessed , particularly since Descartes in no way explained how the forces could mould the embryo . |
| 14 | But at first it seemed to them magnificent . |
| 15 | In spite of what the doctors said , it seemed to him probable that the accident had irremediably damaged her brain . |
| 16 | He also remembered the look of the adjustable spanner , and it seemed to him appropriate that having been knocked down with a spanner his whole body was now apparently being alternately wrenched and tightened . |
| 17 | It seemed to him that he at last had a friend . |
| 18 | It seemed to him that Strawberry might as well have said that his tail was an oak tree . |
| 19 | Faced with the implacable hostility of the Dwarfs it seemed to him foolish to maintain huge armies overseas , particularly with a more pressing threat to the Elf heartland . |
| 20 | It seemed to me richer and stranger than the pearls themselves had ever been — and richer and stranger still now that they had gone . |
| 21 | ‘ It seemed to me necessary to bring the testimony of our solidarity for the courage and determination of Colombia to fight a danger that extends beyond the borders of this country , ’ Mr Mitterrand told President Virgilio Barco . |
| 22 | It seemed to me extraordinary that this man should have such immense authority in caste-ridden India ; yet no one has questioned his greatness . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | But it seemed to me that , had they loved one another well , they would have been able to support one another in their tragedy . |
| 26 | Indeed it seemed to me that what they were involved in was some sort of violence , and I felt frightened . |
| 27 | In those days , it seemed to me that released hostages had come out of deepest , darkest Africa . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 ’ . |
| 30 | 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 . |