Example sentences of "[adj] to i [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plethora of adjectives point , again , towards self-dramatisation , and it is clear to me now that I used this device as a means of bearing depression in general . |
| 2 | But it was absolutely clear to me then that I had n't the political antennae , the political flair . |
| 3 | I suppose I was kicking over the traces a bit and parental authority seemed as irksome to me then as it does to teenagers today . |
| 4 | It seems obvious to me now that several factors involved could have been given more thought . |
| 5 | Mummy instilled a beauty routine into me as a young girl which is as automatic to me now as brushing my teeth . |
| 6 | Suddenly , but predictably , the main actor enters the stage and speaks in a piercing voice , intelligible to me only because it is unmistakably one of alarm . |
| 7 | My main reservation about the book , which is more evident to me now than when it first appeared , is that Lodge has too direct and univocal an understanding of the elusive concept of ‘ literature ’ . |
| 8 | This seems strange to me now because I feel sure that if I had been presented with the image of the glass coffin when I was well into the depressive phase of anorexia , I should have recognised it instantly . |
| 9 | He is quite used to me now and even accords me some respect . ’ |
| 10 | It seemed quite shameless to me then but it would probably seem tame to today 's youngsters . |
| 11 | ‘ The tough thing for me is not to have a particular voice or gait for a part , to have to play a guy like John , who is close to me physically and in age and so on . |
| 12 | It just does n't seem convincing to me maybe because I 've never seen it done . |