Example sentences of "it [vb past] [prep] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , let's just say that it 's crossed your mind that maybe , maybe if you stay long enough in this place it 'll get to you in the same way as it got to me . |
| 2 | It got to me . |
| 3 | I 've got first hand experience of this , since the unit Epson provided for review had obviously been in use elsewhere before it got to me , and there was toner flying free from the part-used cartridge . |
| 4 | And God must have heard my prayers , for it passed by me leaving me unharmed . ’ |
| 5 | It bounced before me |
| 6 | It moved over me , full of changing colours . |
| 7 | ‘ Ca n't you get it fixed for me ? ’ |
| 8 | After he left it occurred to me that Harrington and Lewis might also find my effort useful , so I took them a copy . |
| 9 | It occurred to me that he might well have heard me and decided not to answer . |
| 10 | It occurred to me that as I had met nobody as I walked through the gate and went upstairs , there was no need to encounter anyone now , going down , and I moved my chair from the window . |
| 11 | It occurred to me that perhaps I could invite Erika and Paul out for lunch . ’ |
| 12 | The other day it occurred to me that there are maybe two kinds of intelligence in the world : one that 's very open , that tries to take on everything , and accordingly gets paralysed by choice : another kind that 's narrow , that finds strength focusing on some things and excluding most everything else … |
| 13 | My friend , a widow , was on the point of saying if he could n't attend , neither could she , when it occurred to me that I had no engagements for the weekend in question . |
| 14 | I was of course reminded of my mission regarding the young gentleman and it occurred to me that an outdoor setting , with the general proximity of nature , and in particular the example of the geese close at hand , would not be an unsuitable setting at all in which to convey the sort of message I was bearing . |
| 15 | Whether or not horses understand landing procedure ( they do n't smoke or have to cope with seat-belts ) , it occurred to me that we had taken a couple of bites at the cherry on our approach — I could only guess how near we came to dismantling the gateway to India , for there are no windows in those vehicles . |
| 16 | As much of the sulphurous pungency of garlic is also eliminated through the skin , it occurred to me that it might succeed in gassing the squatters out ! |
| 17 | It occurred to me that we might have been equally misinformed about other things the Germans did . |
| 18 | And it occurred to me that I neither knew how many the family owned nor how difficult mine would be to replace . |
| 19 | It occurred to me that this was not some two-bit gambling ring . |
| 20 | It occurred to me , when I reached Julius Apollo 's door , that the Canadian would be standing where it was for the whole of the twenty-five minutes of its daily scheduled stop . |
| 21 | Then it occurred to me who Shinko was — his prostitute friend , with whom he conjured Harold Robbins 's positions . |
| 22 | Mrs Williams was at the time the most popular women in the world , after Mother Teresa , and it occurred to me , rather too late , that I was on to a loser here . |
| 23 | But then it occurred to me that Auden 's self-perception could have sprung partially from the necessity to conceal his homosexuality from his public . |
| 24 | Suddenly it occurred to me to wonder if this was her real reason for refusing to discuss Red Leland . |
| 25 | ‘ So it occurred to me that you , as my great-uncle 's ghillie , might even have known what his plans were for his ‘ specials ’ . |
| 26 | It occurred to me that there might be other readers who also ran the program and were confused with the results they obtained . |
| 27 | While writing this chapter , it occurred to me to look through the list of constellations to see in how many the five leading stars were , in order , Alpha , Beta , Gamma , Delta and Epsilon . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | ‘ 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 ’ . |
| 30 | After talking to various people it occurred to me that if everyone in this island planted a tree in their lifetime we would achieve something , not least by helping to absorb excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere . |