Example sentences of "[coord] [to-vb] it to [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The right thing is for the two counties to get together and to make a joint decision and , if necessary , to have a public inquiry or to leave it to the Minister to call the scheme in if he is not satisfied . |
2 | ‘ If you are still not satisfied after that you can threaten to issue a court summons or to take it to the ombudsman . ’ |
3 | Throughout the war , there were constant efforts to limit the devastation it was causing or to bring it to a halt altogether . |
4 | At this point you should elicit related forms ; for example , the plurals of nouns in Arabic are not predictable , so it is useful to elicit the plural of every new noun learnt and to add it to the dictionary entry for that word . |
5 | But to take some fact that a novelist has written of and to add it to the mishmash at the back of your mind and then to reproduce it as part of the web you eventually weave : this is the process of creation . |
6 | It is then argued , that , this being so , there is no consideration for the agreement at all , and that it is an agreement for a voluntary gift on certain conditions ; but , looking at the agreement , we find , not a mere proviso , but an express agreement by the plaintiff to pay £1 towards a certain ground-rent , which apparently has been for the first time apportioned , and to pay it to the defendant , who is , I presume , liable to the whole ground-rent . |
7 | There they would force Khomeini to negotiate a deal and to broadcast it to the people . |
8 | I could have turned a blind eye , but to grab it and to throw it to the hounds I think was absolutely abysmal . |
9 | He forgot to decouple their carriage and to attach it to the Masham train as intended . |
10 | ‘ It is bad enough doing that to the uninitiated , but to do it to the Secretary of State is really beyond the pale — it 's quite pathetic . ’ |