Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] it to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are Oxford for the drop , can Swindon make it to the premier league play-offs ? |
| 2 | MacDonald read it to the members of the Cabinet ( imposing further conditions before a loan would be given ) . |
| 3 | Sotheby 's , determined to protect Irises ’ ‘ most expensive ’ tag , repossessed it , and in March sold it to the Getty museum , probably for $40 to $45 million . |
| 4 | A contemporary writer from Lika compared it to the Mongol invasions and the depredations of the Goths and Attila the Hun . |
| 5 | In another case it will mean that the writer creates his own special kind of language : and it is in this sense that Halliday applies it to the Neanderthal language of The Inheritors . |
| 6 | By the late 1980s the CPSU itself accepted , as Gorbachev put it to the 27th Party Congress , that no single party could have a ‘ monopoly of truth ’ and that the movement as a whole would not normally be unanimous on all the issues it confronted . |
| 7 | As all areas were initially classified as class I and II , the EPA left it to the states to redesignate some class II areas as class III , or even to upgrade such areas to class I ( Stern , 1977 ) . |
| 8 | It was already half full with stagnant rain water , so Mildred filled it to the brim , then carried it back to the yard window-sill , collecting her broomstick on the way . |
| 9 | Rescuing a piece of the frill from the dress , Ellie cut it to the shape she wanted , attached it with pins to the back of the headband , laid it down , picked up Terry 's brush , backcombed the other girl 's hair so that it stood further out from her head , giving a similarity of the style she thought she should have , carefully arranged the head-dress , and turned Terry back to the mirror . |
| 10 | David Frost put it to the right hon. and learned Gentleman no less than three times that it would be an unfair burden on many people who are not rich if he were to carry out immediately his proposed taxation arrangements to pay for Beckett 's law — the abolition of the upper earnings limit for national insurance contributions and the 50 per cent . |
| 11 | Regan declares it to the man himself ( V.i.6ff. ) , as the egoism they each pursue turns the two sisters into deadly rivals ( 15f. , 18f . ) . |
| 12 | It took a further five minutes before Blenkinsop made it to the phone , but to Amiss 's relief , he appeared to be both sober and reasonable : indeed he was giving a rather creditable imitation of a normal club secretary . |
| 13 | Friedman applied it to the altogether more modest inflationary experience of the late 1960s . |
| 14 | Harold threw it to the floor , leant back and closed his eyes . |
| 15 | And despite their recent successes , Mickey put it to the star 's coach , Don Jameson , that they 've yet to find a way round Harringay 's defensive system . |
| 16 | ‘ Wilson gave it to the girl . |
| 17 | CINDERELLA made it to the ball — and just often enough to avoid her tennis return from becoming a pantomime farce . |
| 18 | A : Did Arthur make it to the bank ? |
| 19 | Let Ben take it to the man in Lancaster . |
| 20 | Miller dedicated it to the Earl of Macclesfield , then President of the Royal Society and to the Fellows ‘ for the improving of natural knowledge ’ . |
| 21 | Endill ran to the cart as Mr McDoodle brought it to the house . |
| 22 | The regional tourist boards should now be strongly supporting the need for the national framework , for guidance and assistance that can only come from a central body — yet they dare not speak too loudly for fear that their reduced funding will be cut even further if DoNH reallocates it to the national level . |
| 23 | BILL Clinton made it to the White House by wooing women voters with his gleaming smile , his chunky good looks and his boyish charm . |
| 24 | Lifting the spoon from the bowl , Tuan Ti Fo placed it to the boy 's lips , tilting it gently . |
| 25 | The bid failed because the estate 's value was considered to be less than the ‘ knockdown price ’ of £10 million at which the Prince had persuaded Mr Kluge to offer it to the nation , with some assessments valuing the estate at between £2 and £7 million . |
| 26 | Betty Boop made it to the |
| 27 | Of the leading English contenders , Peter Marshall , Chris Walker and Del Harris made it to the last 16 . |
| 28 | Moses ' staff changed into a snake when Aaron threw it to the ground before Pharaoh . |
| 29 | Hannele pushed it to the floor . |
| 30 | Hereford left it to the bitter end to secure their 1-1 draw . |