Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] it to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , although they may initially over-extend a word like dog to a variety of different four-legged mammals , they cease to apply it to any part of the domain newly taken over with the acquisition of a new word . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've done some nursing and I want to put it to good use , ’ she added . |
| 3 | What happens if you issue one to , you manage to get it to this department today but ca n't get it to that department 'til tomorrow and . |
| 4 | ‘ I often have rounds where I keep knocking it to 15 feet and then miss the putts . |
| 5 | The essential point , however , is not what advantage any one party might derive from the WGMS : it is the assurance that unless you choose to give it to some tiny party your second vote will count . |
| 6 | I also think restricting it to just Premiership players is a good idea |
| 7 | You must be the fifth person I 've explained it to this month . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , there are many things about the Demoiselles that serve to relate it to other painting of the period and , more particularly , to the contemporary work of Matisse . |
| 9 | So all I 'm arguing is that all such a gene for penis envy would have to do would be to promote the reproductive success of the little girls who 've had it to that gene eventually to become established throughout the entire female population , just as the gene for oedipal behaviour , or phallic behaviour , would become selective in males . |
| 10 | And they 've converted it to two flats . |
| 11 | But if a file comes up that looks like Sarah 's file , and you fancy copying it to that floppy you can say yes and it 'll copy it on there . |
| 12 | Some have assigned it to 481 , the probable date of Childeric 's death , others to 486 , when Clovis is said to have defeated Aegidius 's son , Syagrius , and taken over the city of Soissons which he ruled . |
| 13 | With characteristic business acumen , the Swiss spas saw the renaissance of the classical water therapy on the way , beckoning all sections of society , and they have turned it to good account . |
| 14 | And if you can afford it , you need to sell it to all your clients , because it is absolutely brilliant . |
| 15 | A glance around the London hotel scene shows examples of plenty of exceptional women who have made it to general management ; Madelon Boom , at the age of 26 , at Hyatt 's Lowndes Hotel ; Dagmar Woodward at The May Fair Inter-Continental ; Doreen Boulding at The Conrad Chelsea Harbour , etc . |
| 16 | My Lords , to those who er who have objected to erm a body of large numbers o o need to reduce it to sixteen er I would say that those on the er my Noble Friends on the front bench would do very well to give their attention to the possibility of reducing the number of the cabinet er to sixteen er er er I w er forebear from making er detailed suggestions |
| 17 | The private-eye story has even taken , not one huge lateral leap , but a series of hops which have brought it to British shores . |
| 18 | New insulated containers keep the food hot for five hours , far longer than the staff need to send it to neighbouring schools like Uplands Primary in Stroud . |
| 19 | And then if we get agreement on a salary increase then we only have to pay it to one person |
| 20 | I can say to my honourable friend , the member for Rydale who takes such a close interest and is so well informed er on these matters , er I 'm very grateful to him for the welcome he 's given for the orders here , he 's absolutely right to say that we have gone beyond er what restrictive called for by Bingham , we have extended it to other sectors in the financial we welcomed the honourable gentleman from Edinburgh Central that these er orders are in some way timid , they are what was called for by the treasury select committee , they are what was proposed er by Bingham and we have er introduced them er here tonight . |