Example sentences of "it [vb past] to [pers pn] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It occurred to me at the time , ’ said Ian carefully , thinking that two could play at infant teaching , ‘ that it was candlelight , not , that is to say ’ — he managed contempt in his tone with no effort at all — ‘ electric light . ’ |
| 2 | It seemed to me at the time that this fact did not square with claims that the Bible was inerrant . |
| 3 | It seemed to me at the time that the teachers of science at school , who had certainly shown themselves to be opposed to me were , if not actually off their trolleys , a trifle on the demented side and undoubtedly strangers to coolness . |
| 4 | Thus death has been ever close to me — so close that it seemed to me at times that I could reach out and touch it . |
| 5 | It seemed to me at the time that the Tanzanian Government feared that papers could be used as mouthpieces for dissident political groups anxious to advance their own positions . |
| 6 | It seemed to me at the time that I was doing something other than trying to keep myself warm . |
| 7 | The park had a few fairly large hills ( or so it seemed to me at the time ) topped by a castle , a lake with a river running through it and quite a few trees scattered here and there . |
| 8 | ‘ I can see how you might think it was insincere , but that was n't how it seemed to me at the time . |
| 9 | But let me say here that that was just how it looked to me at the time ; that there was a nice logic to it , that Boy 's beginning matched O 's ending , that Boy 's first night was O's last , or it certainly would have been his last if Boy had not fallen into his arms . |
| 10 | ‘ I just said , it looked to me at first as though it was a woman , then just something made me think it might be a man . ’ |
| 11 | So I felt inexpressible gratitude to you for giving me the support and care of that relationship , however attenuated it appeared to me at times : |