Example sentences of "[vb past] it to [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An amusing parallel in the film business is an account given by the director Ken Russell of how he sold the idea of making a film about Tchaikowsky ; he described it to his potential backers as the story of a homosexual who fell in love with a nymphomaniac . |
| 2 | I mentioned it to him last week er last night actually . |
| 3 | He used it to his best advantage last week , when he raised the ghastly spectre of Belgium to warn unwary voters of the dangers of coalition governments and proportional representation . |
| 4 | I showed it to you this morning Ian . |
| 5 | She guided his hand to her elegantly-moulded globes , and pressed it to their soft plumpness . |
| 6 | Lavender put her pencils back into the rather damp pencil-box and returned it to its correct place on her own desk . |
| 7 | Daily visits to East Oxford soon restored it to its former glory . |
| 8 | She left it there for a few seconds , then restored it to its previous position . |
| 9 | Vivienne , who had felt The Waste Land to be a part of herself , saw ‘ The Hollow Men ’ as a fitting follow-on , and related it to her own nightmares . |
| 10 | ‘ Sorry to be late , ’ she told Jimmy when she made it to her own office . |
| 11 | Robert Burns called John Tennant , ‘ a worthy , intelligent farmer , my father 's friend and my own ’ and his regard is borne out by the fact that when he was offered tenancy of Ellisland Farm , Dumfries , it was to John Tennant he turned for advice ; they travelled together to the farm and after an inspection , the older man recommended it to his young friend . |
| 12 | But because it was idealistic it was the more persuasive when he preached it to his young contemporaries . |
| 13 | ‘ Neil gave it to me last night . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Gooseneck gave it to me last night . |
| 15 | ‘ She gave it to me three times , then she got difficult . ’ |
| 16 | He gave it to his fellow football supporter Mr Mellor , who looked energetic but miscast — an excitable terrier rather than a good-tempered watchdog . |
| 17 | He put it to me last night . ’ |
| 18 | Edward Swift had founded Swift Investments , and left it to his eldest son , Charles . |