Example sentences of "but it [vb past] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His voice was muffled by the pillow , but it sounded to Cassie as if he were close to tears . |
| 2 | But it seemed to Paige now that he was doing all the giving and she was taking without returning anything . |
| 3 | It had been given to her in case an emergency arose , but it seemed to Mrs Blakey that the atmosphere which had developed in the house could n't be called an emergency . |
| 4 | Until now she had never thought about Annie being interested in men , she was so reserved and proper , but it seemed to Carrie that Billy might have kindled a spark in the young woman . |
| 5 | Like so many of the visitors , though he was dressed in the bright overalls of the Men he stared for long periods into the Cages , but it seemed to Creggan that his staring was different from the others and less cruel . |
| 6 | But it seemed to Thomas that she was too doughty for him , somehow , and the hat finished it . |
| 7 | Pearce look for Phillips on the right Lewis got there first but it dropped to Stone . |
| 8 | But it brought to mind Mrs Thatcher 's description of ex-Chancellor Nigel Lawson as ‘ unassailable ’ — shortly before he quit in protest at her opposition to Europe 's Exchange Rate Mechanism . |
| 9 | Claire Samways blasted the ball off Alison Vance , the Portadown keeper , but it fell to Jeanette Turner loitering at the post and she spun on the ball firing it in from an acute angle . |
| 10 | But it pointed to fears that asset quality would deterioriate further in view of the continued weakness of the property market and the slowdown in economic growth . |