Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] it [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want it to have the money for the investment that it needs to build the phone service that we require for the 1990s . |
| 2 | I read it to know the enemy . |
| 3 | So , ’ she drew herself up to her full height , her tight black dress clasping her full figure as though the material was pasted to her , ‘ so , ’ she repeated , ‘ I opened it to check the photograph and saw it was Ed Riverton 's . |
| 4 | I remember the shock-horror and accusations of non-femininity that my first one provoked when I wore it to push the pram up Edinburgh 's steep streets in 1967 . |
| 5 | A fine stone bridge spans the beck below Swinner Gill Kirk and I crossed it to follow the gill back below Moss Dam Hags and out along the top of Arn Gill Scar . |
| 6 | She stated , ‘ I did it to stop the child crying . |
| 7 | I take communion too often , Anna thought , I take it to show the flag , Peter 's flag , and I never think what I am doing . |
| 8 | I need it to get the thing that I want . |
| 9 | Once the work was hung I wanted it to occupy the space comfortably without dwarfing the area or appearing lost . |
| 10 | Whilst it may be that the approach favoured by Lord Diplock is more conceptually correct , it would be safer for the drafter to assume that , in the event of challenge to the clause , the court will adopt an interpretation which allows it to subject the clause to scrutiny . |
| 11 | Instead , blocked by pre-emption rights which require it to offer the shares first to existing shareholders , Zeneca is resorting to a curious wheeze : Warburg will buy the rights to a block of Zeneca shares in the market , in order eventually to place the equities with investors abroad . |
| 12 | She had been the last to use it , when she unlocked it to get the morphia for Mrs Richards . |
| 13 | The aircraft was sold then to Francisco Sarabia , who used it to break the Mexico City to New York record in 1938 . |
| 14 | The second copy is handed to the cashier who uses it to prepare the customer 's bill and the third copy is retained in the waiter 's book . |
| 15 | The declaration committed those who signed it to recognise the independence and sovereignty of other members , to respect human rights including those of national minorities , and to observe existing boundaries . |
| 16 | Are you sure your husband realises just how much of a struggle you find it to keep the household going ? |
| 17 | He stretched out a hand to Merrill , and she found that she needed it to escape the embrace of the thick , downy cushions . |
| 18 | If you use it to compare the alcohol contents of a wine and a beer , remember that you 'll probably drink more beer than wine so the % alcohol figures may not give an indication of the amount of alcohol you are really drinking . |
| 19 | Telling one 's own stories to children of different ages is extremely satisfying and also shows you where you went wrong in the rhythm of a sentence ; unconsciously you alter it to fit the audience in front of you and get it right , so that it makes its point swiftly and powerfully . |
| 20 | However , she knew that she could n't stand at the window indefinitely , so she left it to complete the task she had on hand . |
| 21 | You need it to pay the rent . |
| 22 | Anything less than sixty hectares would be unrealistic and it certainly wo n't allow us any flexibility at all to allocate erm sufficient land as we see it to meet the needs of the resident population , and there would in fact be a shortfall er of employment land provision in our view towards the end of the plan period . |
| 23 | Craftsmen painstakingly cut the warp , one rib at a time , with long , knives ; then they brushed it to make the pile stand up . |
| 24 | They use it to fashion the coccoliths shown here , their armoured skeletons made of chalk or calcium carbonate plates . |
| 25 | Both , in tandem , have transformed who does what and where they do it to create the wealth governments now seek . |
| 26 | The Serb minority in Kosovo has a monopoly of the local firepower , and it uses it to intimidate the Albanians . |
| 27 | She gave him the bundle and he opened it to examine the contents . |
| 28 | The Minister will know of one trainer , Astra Training Services , because he paid it to take the skill centres away . |
| 29 | Action for the good of England was something which the writer admired , and he demanded it to forestall the enemy . |
| 30 | Perhaps he did it to please the Patriarch . |