Example sentences of "it [verb] [art] [adj] thing " in BNC.
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| 1 | And yet , on this fevered night … he stared at the heavy , handsome head , looked at it until it became a strange thing to him , a feeling of stone , a sight he saw from another part of the room , this unbodied head reflected more truly in the mirror than in the live skull itself … |
| 2 | Doing Ophelia on stage before taking up the BBC contract meant that I went there with a little track record — I 'd been blooded , if you like , and it made the whole thing a lot better . |
| 3 | When we could n't revive it , it made the whole thing worse for them . |
| 4 | The Unwins themselves — and it was impossible for anyone to grudge them their moment — said over and over that it was great , just great that one of the horses actually on the train had won one of the races , it made the whole thing worthwhile , and the whole party , drifting into the dining car in true party mood , agreed and applauded . |
| 5 | I knew quite a number of people who had gone into the Civil Service and it seemed a good thing to get into . ’ |
| 6 | Yes that you said it er Pat thought it seemed a good thing , the way you were saying it |
| 7 | The most frightening is rainforest destruction , and being a carpenter and joiner by trade anyway I have used many threatened species in my past and it seemed a good thing to start with . |
| 8 | It seemed a poor thing to have descended to . |
| 9 | It seemed a funny thing to bother about at the moment . |
| 10 | I thought it seemed a funny thing to do . |
| 11 | It seemed a silly thing to cheer about and Anna remained sitting on the floor until a group of older boys appeared with musical instruments which they took to a bank of seats at the far end . |
| 12 | Similarly , it seemed a natural thing when we began to have a coffee break in the middle of the service . |
| 13 | It seemed an odd thing for the general to possess . |
| 14 | It seemed an unnecessary thing to have with a harpsichord . |
| 15 | That she 'd done what she 'd done — made this Will , that is — not to spite him but because it seemed the right thing . |
| 16 | It seemed the right thing to do , though he could not have said why . |
| 17 | Schellenberg gasped , mainly because it seemed the right thing to do . |
| 18 | I learnt with someone else , did two years and then er that was an accident if you like that I got involved cos somebody wanted me to be involved and and it seemed the right thing at the time . |
| 19 | It seemed the only thing to do . |
| 20 | It seemed the only thing to do in face of what he said . |
| 21 | We had a date for this afternoon but when I heard about Francis it seemed the decent thing to postpone the arrangement . |
| 22 | I had always loved walking so it seemed the obvious thing to do . |
| 23 | I do n't live here , but it seemed the obvious thing to do . ’ |
| 24 | It seemed the natural thing to do . |
| 25 | It seemed the natural thing to do . |
| 26 | It seemed the natural thing to have him singing at the wedding . |
| 27 | ‘ Oh , well , as to that — it seemed the sensible thing if Rohan wanted to be master of La Tour Monchauzet . |
| 28 | ‘ Oh , yes , it seemed the very thing . |
| 29 | It seemed the safe thing to do . |
| 30 | The commission says it intends no such thing . |