Example sentences of "it [verb] to [pos pn] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm what difference will it make to your life to have Carla at the secretary . |
| 2 | Then one night the child fell onto the bass drum , plummeting ten feet into the orchestra pit without seeming to harbour a grudge , and it occurred to his father to try bouncing him . |
| 3 | FERGIE may have found it difficult to learn Her Royal Lessons , but you do n't have to be a fitness connoisseur to see that she has learned a thing or two about keeping in Of course her title of the Disappearing Duchess takes on a different meaning now a year ago it referred to her ability to lose five stones of regal flab . |
| 4 | When it came to her turn to scramble ashore , she found it was no easy task to move the balance beam which swung the gates open . |
| 5 | When it came to his turn to speak , he took his time , lit a thin Italian cigar , and leaned back in his chair to think about them . |
| 6 | In course of time he finds that he is the pet antipathy of his superior officers , that he is made a butt for the amusement of other men on parade , and that if there is any unpleasant work or unpopular bear or point going vacant it falls to his lot to fill it . |
| 7 | When it fell to his lot to cut her free from the coils of the hydra , had his poignant fixation received a body-blow — or a boost ? |