Example sentences of "see to it " in BNC.
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| 31 | You must see to it … that the Doctor … dies … ’ |
| 32 | ‘ Agnes will see to it , wo n't you ? ’ |
| 33 | You can bloody come down and see to it . " |
| 34 | ‘ Can you see to it ? ’ |
| 35 | That was that , for if I now refused my mother would see to it that I regretted my foolishness . |
| 36 | And even if it has n't , maybe Rohmer can see to it that you 'll spend the rest of your life behind bars along with Jimmy Devlin ? |
| 37 | ‘ I mean , Mrs Willmot wo n't be the only one — or rather , Mrs Willmot will see to it that she is n't the only one . |
| 38 | I do n't care how different he is underneath , ’ she cut through Davide 's protests , ‘ how much bluster it is , blusterers make poor husbands , never could make a woman happy for more than five minutes , and anyway , Caterina can do better and I 'll see to it that Rosalba does better too . |
| 39 | If Leary got nothing else , Rain would see to it that he got that . |
| 40 | The worldly-wise orchestrator will rather see to it that there is not an important clarinet part in the aforesaid section . |
| 41 | South Africa , he says , must have friendly black neighbours to her North , and will see to it that Smith ‘ settles ’ with the black majority on terms that achieve this . |
| 42 | He wrote to Rohde in 1868 , encouraging his friend to follow suit : " we must do it simply because we can not do anything else … [ but ] … for our part let us see to it that young philologists are brought up with the necessary scepticism , free from pedantry and the over-valuation of their profession , and behave as genuine promoters of humanistic studies . |
| 43 | Waterstones will see to it that in 1993 bigger and even-better bookshops open throughout the land . ’ |
| 44 | He would see to it at once . |
| 45 | Cumulative selection will see to it that animals are well fitted to outrun their predators or outwit their prey , no less than it sees to it that they are well fitted to the prevailing weather conditions . |
| 46 | If you 're not already using some form of contraceptive , you 'd better see to it , although normally I 'd agree that it 's a joint responsibility , since it seems that I 'm so atrociously lacking in control where you 're concerned … damn you , Maria . ’ |
| 47 | She could see to it that they got ugly . |
| 48 | ‘ They 'll see to it for me . ’ |
| 49 | But tomorrow , first thing , I 'll see to it that they are in full possession of the facts . ’ |
| 50 | But they will always know the times when I shall be here in Shrewsbury , and I will see to it that whenever possible they shall have word of my moves between . ’ |
| 51 | We can better keep care of Denbigh and Mold and Flint from there , and I must see to it that Ruthyn is properly garrisoned , now that Grey 's gone . |
| 52 | Keep the boys to the cloth warehouse after noon , and I 'll see to it that Joanna has things to do above-stairs . |
| 53 | I think you 'd better see to it . |
| 54 | I 'll go upstairs and see to it . ’ |
| 55 | MY compliments to the recent local government election candidates , successful or otherwise , and will they now see to it that their earnest phizzogs are removed forthwith from all neighbourhood telegraph poles , lamp standards and walls . |
| 56 | I will see to it … ’ |
| 57 | She would take lunch at Gravetye Manor near East Grinstead ( a 3 out of 5 in the Good Food Guide ) where Peter Herbert , its owner , would see to it that she had two poached eggs on Bovril toast and a good , old-fashioned pudding . |
| 58 | if you 'd see to it that as many people as possible , and certainly all your chief people who take part in making this Conway bridge , will be at Menai afterwards . |
| 59 | Instead he told the judge that if he let his son go free , he would see to it that his got into no more trouble . |
| 60 | ‘ I 'll see to it , sir . |