Example sentences of "it [be] [verb] to [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it were put to us in this way we might be less prone to think of it as imposing a vastly increased burden on the community . |
| 2 | We believe a cup of coffee leaves a nicer taste in your mouth when it 's given to you by name . |
| 3 | It 's calling to me in my mind , and it 's horrible ! ’ |
| 4 | Balcon , for one , was not aware of any frustration on the part of his filmmakers , unless he was dishonest when remarking in his autobiography , ‘ It is puzzling to me in retrospect that none of my films … in any way reflected the despair of the times in which we were living . ’ |
| 5 | On we walk , discussing hobbies , like two old geezers , and she tells e how nice it is to talk to me like this as sometimes she feels she has n't got to know me as well as she would have liked . |
| 6 | Law , that is to say , is made valid by my experience of it , and not by the fact that it is presented to me as law . |
| 7 | We identify a stretch of language as a text partly because it is presented to us as a text , and we therefore do our utmost to make sense of it as a unit , and partly because we perceive connections within and among its sentences . |
| 8 | Many of us laugh at prejudice when it is presented to us in someone else . |
| 9 | That prompted judge Robert Watson from the USA to interject : ‘ Judges can only score a foul if it is reported to them by the referee . ’ |
| 10 | Er it was explained to me on the phone . |
| 11 | He accepted it when it was explained to him in the right way . |
| 12 | One of us ( D.G. ) developed the model described below before it was explained to him by the second author ( R.S.C. ) that VGPs are plotted in an asymmetrical way that appears natural to the palaeomagnetist but is confusing when considering the theory . |
| 13 | I do n't think it was dictated to her by John Wesley . |
| 14 | The opening of the Scherzo sounds remarkably like the twittering of birds in the trees , something I first noticed when it was played to me on an 1820s Graaf piano similar to the one owned by Schubert . |
| 15 | It was sent to me as a review copy . |
| 16 | ‘ It was sent to you with the other orders . ’ |
| 17 | Er it was volunteered to me before that day . |
| 18 | ‘ It was assigned to me by the press , a breed which in my experience cares little for such irrelevancies as accuracy . ’ |
| 19 | erm A lot of people gave as a reason for getting a particular piece of furniture the fact that it was given to them by their parents when they got married , or that a neighbour was trying to get rid of it , or that somebody from work had passed it on and they needed one . |
| 20 | Henry Calverley , a friend of the family , asked for the arrow to use as a trophy and it was given to him on condition he solemnly promised not to reveal its origin . |
| 21 | It was given to me as a present so I 'd feel funny about selling it myself , but you could maybe buy a pair of shoes for Sonja with it or something . |
| 22 | When she asks , you must on no account say that it went into the sea , because she will worry that it is a curse on you — or me as well , for it was given to me at my baptism . |
| 23 | ‘ It was given to me by my grandmother , the lady Jacquetta , and has a curious history . |
| 24 | It is not it was given to me by a nice gentleman from Napier College doing |
| 25 | ‘ It was given to me by someone who feels deeply on the subject , ’ he said . |
| 26 | I 'm glad you mentioned that cos it was given to me by the wife of the steeplechase handicap a very important man today cos for more than |
| 27 | It was given to you by a certain gentleman , as security against a loan . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ It was given to us by a descendant of Boutcher , who wants to remain anonymous . |
| 29 | It was given to us by Amnesty International and used with their full permission . |
| 30 | Have some more chutney , it was given to us by our German daughter-in-law . |