Example sentences of "i [vb past] [verb] it to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried reversing it to five-one-five . |
| 2 | Now , you 'll recall that last week I was talking about Darwin 's basic concept and I tried to explain it to you and to illustrate it to you . |
| 3 | And I tried to fix it to the door and it would n't , I tried to do it up with Blu-Tack and would have none of it , I tried to do it with Sellotape and would n't do it the Sellotape kept on coming away something in the varnish I think that resisted that so then I thought , right I 'll I 'll tie the thing up in someway , I forget how , and blew away went down the drive ! |
| 4 | I tried to sell it to Ian |
| 5 | I had never used the word malai in her hearing ; now I 'd applied it to her . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'd have been all right if I 'd made it to the main road . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I thought I 'd given it to you , ’ John says . |
| 8 | ‘ I thought I 'd given it to you , ’ Paul says . |
| 9 | I 'd left it to the end of the meal before I said anything about being arrested . |
| 10 | I 'd described it to her myself . |
| 11 | " Sooner than I 'd meant it to , " Sara said a little ruefully . |
| 12 | So , I said no , I 'd mentioned it to you and talked about it . |
| 13 | I forgot to give it to Madge when she asked for the keys . |
| 14 | I decided to mention it to him when I got the chance . |
| 15 | I came into a bit of money when my grandmother died and I decided to put it to good use . ’ |
| 16 | I offered to give it to Daniel actually for his birthday but I , I fe I felt a bit sorry for Robert , I thought o opening all them . |
| 17 | I managed to fit it to my machine but how to make it work defeats me . |
| 18 | I did make it to the LSE eventually and , a dozen love affairs and three broken engagements later , into marriage . |
| 19 | I did show it to one of the department and he read it through … |
| 20 | I did ask , I did mention it to Granville on Saturday . |
| 21 | Well I should n't say this , I , I , I d I , I , I said it I have n't s really said it to Irene but I did say it to Con we went on the Friday did n't we ? |
| 22 | I did find it to be a touch neck-heavy though . |
| 23 | I had made it to the door of my flat . |
| 24 | In fact , the next paper I sent him was called , if I remember rightly , ‘ The Poet — the Public — the Faith ’ , and I had dispatched it to a review called The Green Quarterly , the only recollection of which I have is that it was quarterly and that it was green . |
| 25 | ‘ But I already have an assault charge hanging over me , so in the end I had to leave it to the stewards . |
| 26 | I felt I had to mention it to you , but let this be the end of it . |
| 27 | We have no choice ; when my father died in nineteen seventy-nine I had to come to an arrangement with the Capital Taxes Office , that , er for not paying the full value of the er death duties on the value of the contents of the house , I had to open it to the public , quite frankly , if then and even more now , if I had to pay the full amount , I 'd have had to sell everything which my family have collected over the last seven hundred years . |
| 28 | ‘ I was under the impression that I had explained it to you . |
| 29 | In the end I had to take it to a skid pan to see how far it would go before it eventually lost its cool The answer was as far as its steering lock would allow . |
| 30 | I had expected it to be best for trenching and shaping in the vertical position , but on all but the softest of timbers it failed to supply a substantial cut . |