Example sentences of "[vb infin] it to the [noun] " 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 | perhaps we should confine it to the specifics we 're talking . |
| 4 | In the end it was agreed under a chivalric code that if no English forces came to relieve the beleaguered garrison by Midsummer Day 1314 , the governor would honourably surrender it to the Scots . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It 's probably one that picks up conversations in the room as well as just on the phone but I can show it to the boys at — ’ |
| 7 | 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 , |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | All from little deals that pass away quite quietly unless we can bring it to the attention of the public . |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | If there are discrepancies we 'll bring it to the attention of the home office . |
| 16 | Can you give it to the panel secretary ? |
| 17 | If there is money to spend , they should give it to the man who has won two championships at Everton . |
| 18 | Have you finished with that , shall I give it to the birds ? |
| 19 | Shall I give it to the birds ? |
| 20 | that 's it , yeah , yeah , you can give it to the driver then ca n't you ? |
| 21 | ‘ You can give it to the Station Master to give him . |
| 22 | Your mother was saying perhaps I should give it to the kids , half to you , half to Debbie , but I said , no . |
| 23 | I ai n't got ten shillings , and if I did have I 'd give it to the kids . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Why ca n't somebody give it to the Star then ? |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 ? |
| 28 | Can you send it to The Times ? ’ |
| 29 | Anyone who wants to make a donation should send it to The Shaun Skelhorn Fund , c/o Lloyds Bank , Shopping City , Runcorn WA7 2DW or PO Box 111 , Runcorn , Cheshire , WA7 2XU . |
| 30 | Anyone who wants to make a donation should send it to The Shaun Skelhorn Fund , c/o Lloyds Bank , Shopping City , Runcorn WA7 2DW or PO Box 111 , Runcorn , Cheshire , WA7 2XU . |