Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [verb] it to " in BNC.
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| 1 | This first Report was read by Professor Brian Griffiths , whose duty as Prime Minister 's adviser was to present it to Mrs Thatcher with his comments . |
| 2 | The intention was to reduce it to that rate which would constrain aggregate demand to grow at a rate which could be met by increases in real output . |
| 3 | The alternative was to give it to them in 50 crates . ’ |
| 4 | He says the origninal plan was to raise it to 12p . |
| 5 | The tactic used by the Commission for passing the Single European Act was to present it to the member states as if it were the only thing on offer : either take this or leave the Community . |
| 6 | There was nothing wrong with it except that she doubted it was true and was certain Holly was showing it to Maureen for approval . |
| 7 | Now , after a month of nervously transferring it from place to place as the situation worsened , the French government were giving it to the British . |
| 8 | The chief executive of Merseytravel , which operates the service , emerged from a crisis meeting and conceded a crippling financial burden was forcing it to back closure plans . |
| 9 | The calf was in such bad condition that it was decided that its only chance of survival was to transfer it to Colombo Zoo for treatment . |
| 10 | There was the Cambridge Rapist in his mask with references to ‘ A Hard Day 's Night ’ — the idea was to link it to the death of The Beatles ' manager , Brian Epstein , during a supposed bout of homosexual S&M . |
| 11 | He stated that ‘ it ought to be inferred that … one of the purposes of the advertisement was to enable it to be used by smokers as ammunition to persuade others that their habit was not dangerous to the health of anyone except perhaps their own . ’ |