Example sentences of "it to [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want you to have a look at that diagram and read it to yourself quietly now . |
| 2 | I thought that because he had had such good news he might just like to keep it to himself today . |
| 3 | He had felt sour ever since her arrival — he could admit it to himself now — but simply because it had all happened so unexpectedly and confusedly . |
| 4 | I could not formulate it to myself then but I felt the uniqueness . |
| 5 | Then , in the same gentle tone she had heard Travis use when he had been speaking to the woman he loved , he murmured , ‘ Leith , my darling , I just ca n't keep it to myself any longer — do you mind ? ’ |
| 6 | The method of composition helps to explain the feel of the blank verse ; it should be read aloud , in a quiet meditative manner , as if we were listening to a man trying hard to clarify his own thoughts about a difficult topic and at the same lime explaining it to somebody else . |
| 7 | If I tell you a story you 'd have to agree to tell it to somebody else . |
| 8 | Yeah but how can How do you prove it to somebody else if they do n't have n't known it ? |
| 9 | you know , the money is put towards their f food and things , rather than giving it to somebody else . |
| 10 | If you write a spreadsheet for somebody else , you might be using a sixty six megahertz four eight six duel processor erm , spaceship , and , somebody is using a steam driven I B M A T or something , and it runs quite acceptably on your machine , a reasonable speed , and you give it to somebody else on that steam driven thing , and it takes ages to do anything , and er , you press a button and they wait half an hour sort of thing . |
| 11 | And give it to somebody else to do . |
| 12 | So you 're sitting in your office and some , you know your , your boss comes in and says hey the president says so and so , but the president does n't usually say it to you he says it to somebody else so there 's always , there 's always a possibility of ambiguity , somebody else has interpreted the president 's message in a particular way . |
| 13 | I think that 's , that 's pretty consistent , probably with how bands are formed , actually , is n't it , its friends of friends , and somebody knows somebody else , and somebody 's looking round for a drummer , just happens that somebody mentions it to somebody else . |
| 14 | But what happens to those families when they 've been housed and they gradually improve their position , do we send our officers down and say ah , you 've got some money in the bank now , you 're not in need , get out of this council house we 're gon na give it to somebody else . |
| 15 | Erm , I do n't think so , I think it might be theirs , oh you mean rent it to somebody else ? |
| 16 | Bob , Bob , for a bit and he done a few miles on it and then he sold it to somebody else in the garage . |
| 17 | but if you leave it to somebody else well you never done . |
| 18 | more , then I can give it to somebody else and whatever you know and |
| 19 | And he pulls out another container of peace and he gives it to somebody else , that is n't how it happens . |
| 20 | When you want to pass it to somebody else in the press ? |
| 21 | I 'm afraid I , I 've only got one spare tape recorder and I 've lent it to somebody already erm |
| 22 | He called her up Thursday night and put it to her straight . |
| 23 | May I give it to her please ? |
| 24 | She wanted to apply it to her newly grown hips and breasts , to pare off , with quick disgusted flicks of her wrist , the fat that clung to her . |
| 25 | I 'm sure your girlfriend would understand if you explained it to her properly — that I 'm Caro 's friend , not yours . ’ |
| 26 | So but erm Jimmy has n't sort of put it to her yet . |
| 27 | Jeff had mentioned it to her fleetingly , but had n't gone into details . |
| 28 | ‘ You could hear the two men talking to each other , saying ‘ Give her another one … do n't give it to her too quickly … now help her along ’ , then awful smothering sounds . ’ |
| 29 | I said all this to Alison , and I 've been saying it to her ever since , and , back in London , I 've been saying it to anyone else who 'll listen . |
| 30 | He kept his face averted while she drew nearer but when she was nearly beside him he turned it to her almost defiantly . |