Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [verb] it to " in BNC.

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1 So just flogging it to death
2 He 's only just lent it to me to use during this week .
3 The attack happened 2 weeks ago , but the victim was so distressed she has only just reported it to the police .
4 But one can ask why Adorno did not investigate the origins of swing before so quickly assimilating it to the prevailing Tin Pan Alley dance-band style .
5 Pursuing this theory , we attributed to him some great and unhappy love , and then surmised that he had only ever confessed it to Madame , perhaps in the days of his terrible drunkenness .
6 It costs £74,000 to put the 348 GT on the road and nearly as much again to take it to Le Mans .
7 For example , suppose the success of a meme depends critically on how much time people spend in actively transmitting it to other people .
8 There is still a feeling , and rightly so , that every firm owes some responsibility to its members and their dependants in this respect and that it is not enough to leave it to the individual partner to make his own arrangements .
9 In the wild most of the eggs or fry of this type of spawner are eaten , but just enough make it to adulthood to keep the population steady .
10 I not only feel it to be the most relevant magazine to the industry I work in — the consumer finance sector — but have also found the appointments section excellent , especially as I secured new employment through it after being made redundant .
11 You must have that " something extra " — not just to make it to the top but to get employed in the first place .
12 At least certain of the theories of probability , notably the frequency theory , can not possibly allow it to be meaningful to speak of the probability of single events , and hence can not be used in analysis of particular causal beliefs , those which are most common .
13 The latter may simply reply that he does not feel it is in the public 's interest , or that the Police Authority does not strictly require it to effectively carry out its duties .
14 It 's not something that we , God 's not really given it to you , it 's yours !
15 When , however , a statute provides that compliance with its provisions shall be enforceable by civil proceedings by the Crown for an injunction , and particularly if this is the only method of enforcement for which it provides , the Crown does owe a duty to the public at large to initiate proceedings to secure that the law is not flouted , and not simply to leave it to the chance that some relator may be willing to incur the expense and trouble of doing so .
16 It turned out the Australian 's baggage with much expensive equipment had never arrived in Quito , not even made it to the continent ( or so he 'd been told ) , and I sensed he had no sympathy left for any other 's misfortune .
17 He did n't remember being given that form ; they had probably not even given it to him in the first place .
18 But even more secret , so secret that I could scarcely even admit it to myself , was my sense of inadequacy .
19 However , factors that might theoretically if not actually subject it to some strain need to be understood , as do those conducive to its most efficient operation .
20 You might say you could measure its position to ten decimal places , but you could always then measure it to eleven and predict a completely different result ; all the difference between a whirlwind which knocked down someone 's house and a single molecule of oxygen disappearing up their nose .
21 He was still holding her hand and once again lifted it to his lips to brush his mouth across the back of it .
22 He did n't hesitate and straight away reported it to the referee .
23 Yeah if you do n't , if you do n't like it you probably just put it to the back of your mind then
24 They 'd probably still give it to you . ’
25 The teacher may also wish the software to offer the opportunity for extension work , to draw the subject being studied out further relate it to other subject areas , raise issues and add a new dime to the work e.g. the software on the economy allows pupils to skills of manipulating variables and such skills are cross-curricular Often the same course can be duplicated , to advantage , us microcomputer program .
26 ‘ If there 's any problems we do n't just leave it to one member of staff , we try to sort it out together .
27 Do n't just leave it to the media and politicians to protest — get up and do it yourself .
28 Do n't just leave it to the marketing people .
29 ‘ I can understand your reluctance to talk about what 's happened but you ca n't just push it to one side .
30 And it was suggested that this scheme should be presented to us , I thought one of their representatives was supposed to be coming here tonight to present it to us , obviously not been possible .
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