Example sentences of "[vb past] it [verb] [noun] to " in BNC.

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1 Those who managed it had access to information and carefully sifted opinion .
2 As inspirational pronouncement rather than an operational blueprint , not only did it give expression to and authority for the idea that a fairer , juster society should be created , as the inalienable rights of man required ; but more , it asserted that thanks to machinery powered by steam it could be .
3 This he was entitled to do , but the fact that he did it aroused Congress to the realization that Gandhi had been right when he announced upon his retirement that India was still a prison , but now the superintendent was allowing the prisoners to elect the officials who ran the jail .
4 It did not look at rape as a social problem nor did it have regard to the difficulties which rape poses for the criminal justice system .
5 where you 're going , I mean I did Nottingham to Peterborough , how long did it take Nottingham to Peterborough ?
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