Example sentences of "to him [conj] it [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither had any wish that the shares should be transferred to him but it was argued that , on the basis of the House of Lords ' decision , the passing of the beneficial interest to them was a ‘ transfer ’ of which notice should have been given , thus entitling other members to acquire the shares at a fair price . |
| 2 | Only now had it occurred to him that it was moving along quite different channels . |
| 3 | It did not occur to him that it was following the track of a mole , in the hope of killing it with a blow of its beak and then pulling it out of its shallow run . |
| 4 | Even the statement that " obviously any polynomial in x with integer coefficients must be expressible ( by using a " degree " argument ) as a product of polynomials which can not be further decomposed " was of little value to him unless it be accompanied by a method which in each instance would supply the indecomposable factors . |
| 5 | Mr Reynolds was kept warm and each procedure was quietly explained to him before it was carried out . |