Example sentences of "[vb mod] see to [pron] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | He must seek the advice of the wisest money-brokers and buy a pension scheme if he be self-employed ; he must see to it that he does not over-extend himself on the mortgage front ; he must run a motor car that does n't drink petrol like tapwater and wo n't break him every time it needs a service from a franchised dealer ; above all , he must abstain from vicious pleasures — or if he needs must indulge , then he must do so only in moderation . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The authorities must see to it that there is a tried and tested method of reading the danger signals and offering counselling to those with access to firearms . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'll see to it that Polly do n't get into any debt again , do n't you worry . ’ |
| 5 | If anything happens to him then I 'll see to it that you 're held personally responsible . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | But tomorrow , first thing , I 'll see to it that they are in full possession of the facts . ’ |
| 8 | Keep the boys to the cloth warehouse after noon , and I 'll see to it that Joanna has things to do above-stairs . |
| 9 | ‘ What a silly little trick — he certainly owes you an apology and I 'll see to it that he makes it . ’ |
| 10 | Now you will get up and make yourself presentable — I 'll see to it that the wardrobe shall provide you with clothes that will fit tolerably — and you will come to supper at my table and take your place among your peers , and behave yourself like a man and a Talvace , instead of a sick and thwarted girl . ’ |
| 11 | She could see to it that they got ugly . |
| 12 | Dammit , he deserved to be reported to whatever professional body insurance investigators belonged to and if he upset her father she 'd see to it that he was . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ I shall see to it that she does n't end up in the wrong hands . |
| 15 | Did she not understand that I would look after her , that 1 would see to it that she was safe and well ? |
| 16 | While we were among them , they would see to it that we were cherished . |
| 17 | The portiere barked some instructions at the boy and made Sandison to understand that Aldo would see to it that the letter got posted . |
| 18 | I promised that his further education would be no burden to them , and that after the war , I would see to it that he received a free college education , which should not be denied him , but all I got was ‘ You take ‘ im , Mr Burton , you take ‘ im . ’ |
| 19 | That was that , for if I now refused my mother would see to it that I regretted my foolishness . |
| 20 | If Leary got nothing else , Rain would see to it that he got that . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | In these great welfare state totalitarianisms therefore , as in the modern world , child-rearing regimes could regress to pre-agricultural styles , and oral indulgence , Oedipal rivalry and incestuous fixation could all be allowed to occur in the individual because the state bureaucracies would see to it that none of the undesirable consequences of these things occurred in reality . |
| 24 | You would then have the right to organise her work and most certainly you would see to it that she had little or no large-animal work . |
| 25 | It is also much easier to create a market situation which will see to it that the value goes up . ’ |
| 26 | In an implicit reminder that 380,000 Soviet troops were still stationed on East German soil , he said : ‘ We firmly declared that we will see to it that no harm comes to the GDR . ’ |
| 27 | I will see to it that you are not left with Mrs Ross on your hands . |
| 28 | My son will see to it that you have an allowance to meet your everyday needs , and Padre Jorge will instruct you on the sacrament of holy matrimony and your obligations to your husband . " |
| 29 | ‘ 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |