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 . ’
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