Example sentences of "[vb infin] it to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I could screw it to the wall . |
| 2 | He will have to argue , with all the ruthlessness he can muster , that evolution will betray the English part of the Labour party and will confine it to the periphery of British politics , rendering a future Labour government less likely . |
| 3 | Very significant was the movement by ecologists towards trophic-dynamic ecology which was developed by Lindeman in a classic paper published in 1942 which built upon earlier conceptual frameworks and treated natural ecosystems on the basis of the capacity of their primary producers ( photosynthetic plants ) to capture part of the incident solar and atmospheric energy , and to incorporate it into the dry organic matter that would subsequently yield it to the grazing and decay food webs . |
| 4 | Ah see that girl though , got accused girl scouts or something , she refused to swear an oath to , to god , because , she was n't sure there was one , she 'd swear it to the queen , |
| 5 | But the disparity lies less in tone than in technique : like rather a lot of modern movies , Bye Bye Blues lacks the capacity to formulate its material rather than just present it to the audience and leave them to do the rest . |
| 6 | I should be grateful for a prompt reply so that I can present it to the Parish Council at their next meeting on 27th August . |
| 7 | So , if the retailer moves the tea or coffee every few weeks and replaces it with another product ( perhaps one that does n't sell as well ) he can bring it to the customer 's attention . |
| 8 | Inside her she felt a power she could never manage to express ; it was trapped inside her like water under the ground and she was the only one with the dowser 's twigs who knew where it lay and could bring it to the surface . |
| 9 | Tomorrow you should bring it to the shaman 's lodge and we 'll burn it with bird fat , honey and a strip of the dried skin of a wolf . |
| 10 | All from little deals that pass away quite quietly unless we can bring it to the attention of the public . |
| 11 | And if he does bring it to the attention of the authorities , the problem then arises that in many cases , and I 've seen it in my experience , he will be dissuaded |
| 12 | If there are discrepancies we 'll bring it to the attention of the home office . |
| 13 | Can you give it to the panel secretary ? |
| 14 | If there is money to spend , they should give it to the man who has won two championships at Everton . |
| 15 | that 's it , yeah , yeah , you can give it to the driver then ca n't you ? |
| 16 | ‘ You can give it to the Station Master to give him . |
| 17 | What most people think is extraordinary is that after the government and Roosevelt came out with this thing , it would have been a perfectly human reaction of my father 's to say , well the hell with it , I wo n't give it to the nation if they 're going to accuse me of fraud . |
| 18 | Why ca n't somebody give it to the Star then ? |
| 19 | Sometimes it is , sometimes it is n't , but what black people have to do is to become so well qualified that they can not be turned down on this basis — or at least if they are they can refer it to the Race Relations Board . |
| 20 | The British Museum might be glad of the opportunity to study your find , so why not send it to the Keeper of Coins and Medals , who will quickly return it with his comments ? |
| 21 | I had suggested that Longman 's should send it to The Criterion , but obviously I was not the right person to review it . |
| 22 | Alright , so , if you 're talking on the phone , of course you 'd transfer it to the secretary phone , would n't you ? |
| 23 | If an action is begun in the wrong court , that court may transfer it to the court with appropriate jurisdiction . |
| 24 | I demonstrated the knitting of the ‘ sandwich ’ neckline but did n't actually sew it to the garment in class . |
| 25 | The court can remit the case back to the sheriff with a direction that he should remit it to the licensing board to reconsider their decision ( R. W. Cairns Ltd. v. Busby East Church Kirk Session , cit. ) or remit the case to the sheriff to proceed as accords ( Collins v. Hamilton District Licensing Board , 1984 S.L.T. 230 ) . |
| 26 | They have been fighting to keep their current size for more than three years , claiming that they wish to keep the school open to all-comers , rather than limit it to the number of children in Episcopalian families . |
| 27 | Whether you 'd attribute it to the actor or the situation , yeah ? |
| 28 | And how will we use it to the benefit of the community ? |
| 29 | If the hon. Gentleman believes that there is evidence of criminality , he should draw it to the attention of the police , if he has not done so already . |
| 30 | I told the hon. Member for Bolton , North-East ( Mr. Thurnham ) , who first raised this matter , that he should draw it to the attention of the Serjeant at Arms , when appropriate action would be taken . |