Example sentences of "he [vb past] it to [adj] " in BNC.

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1 His occupancy lasted until 1 761 , when he sold it to another local clothier , John Cox , in whose family it remained until 1818 when Elizabeth and William leased it for seven years to the partnership of John Cox and Weston Hicks .
2 Course he started messing with the er bodywork and the engine and they just wrecked it , but then he sold it to another driver and this other bloke Bob erm oh
3 I said , yeah he sold it to some bloke out Ivybridge for er erm off , off road racing and stuff .
4 Two years later , he sold it to Scottish & Newcastle , netting a cool £70 million in shares .
5 Pyatt has outstanding hand speed and he demonstrated it to full effect against an opponent who was clearly out of his depth .
6 He mentioned it to several of his male colleagues .
7 My dad used to take two sugars , and when I said I was giving up sugar in tea and coffee , he reduced it to one .
8 He sent it to several publishers and recommended that I accept an offer from Norton , a fairly up-market American book firm .
9 He is a better finisher than that , of course , and amends were duly made in the 43rd minute when he brought it to 2-0 on the night and 3-3 overall by meeting David Smith 's low centre from the left with a 12-yard volley of stunning velocity .
10 As he put it to one of his regional officials : " If Joan of Arc had married and had children , she would not have been Joan of Arc any more . "
11 Eating his bacon and eggs , ‘ Sunny-side up , ’ Sally-Anne had once said when she put his plate before him , drinking his coffee — he preferred it to everlasting tea , he said — he looked much better than he had done the day before ; no midnight drinking , Sally-Anne thought .
12 He extended it to 17-10 and 19-13 before finishing Weir off with a double .
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