Example sentences of "he [to-vb] it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gina forced him to staple it to the living-room wall behind the settee and opposite the television . |
| 2 | Dr G 's emphasis on the creative potential of physics leads him to see it as an ‘ arts subject ’ ; Dr L , on the other hand , sees the differences between the sciences and the arts as ‘ enormous ’ . |
| 3 | James V ordered that the Crown of Scotland be remodelled in time for him to wear it at the coronation of his second Queen , Mary of Guise-Lorraine , at Holyrood Abbey in February 1540 . |
| 4 | ’ You can not teach a man anything , you can only help him to find it within himself . |
| 5 | It was an unsecured loan … now they want him to secure it against the house . |
| 6 | It was an unsecured loan … now they want him to secure it against the house . |
| 7 | The principal is required to give his clerk specified minimum training ( or to enable him to receive it from others ) . |
| 8 | True , the £1,000 belongs to the husband at law — there is no denying it ; but Equity will compel him to apply it for the wife 's benefit . |
| 9 | She had thought long and hard before deciding that it was best for him to hear it from her rather than risk it reaching him through the more sensational tabloids , but she had braced herself for an outburst of shock , anger , even disgust . |
| 10 | I wanted him to tear it from me so that I had no excuses . |
| 11 | His expression warned him to leave it at that . |
| 12 | " Busy , I told him to leave it over there . " |
| 13 | what time shall I er get him to do it for ? |
| 14 | Well I 've got a red I got a red book out of Smiths and I had , one of my clients was a printer so I got him to put it in in the gold |
| 15 | so , so then Anita goes , no I go tell him to put it in a letter then , yeah , and he was gon na put it in a letter and then he changed his mind and he said he was gon na ask me after school , but then he did n't ask me after school and Kate gave him my phone number and then he phoned me |
| 16 | He also gave Minton a copy of Pinet 's 1733 edition of Horace , with its engraved decorations , and asked him to use it as a starting point . |
| 17 | Why had it never occurred to him to use it for more than carving ? |
| 18 | The book was completed just in time for him to dedicate it to King Charles II at the Restoration . |
| 19 | ‘ I guessed you wanted him to give it to me anyway , ’ she punched back . |
| 20 | Tell him to give it to you . |
| 21 | And if he was engaged on some scheme of his own , she had better leave him to pursue it without interference . |
| 22 | Experience in Northern Ireland enabled him to recognise it for what it was . |
| 23 | I 'll get Miller to draft a statement for the media and tell him to clear it with you before release . ’ |
| 24 | Again , he bowed his head to the child , and when she 'd run off , he tapped again on the wall , and when the boy from the cafe appeared , he handed him the bird and asked him to keep it in his cellar for coolness until he returned from Riba on the train that evening , after he had collected the rent . |
| 25 | A finder of a chattel has such a title as will enable him to keep it against everyone , with two exceptions : |
| 26 | To start the game give the first player the bottle or jar and ask him to hold it on his head . |
| 27 | He tried the same with Flora but she only told him to save it for his interview with Dr Mackintosh that morning . |
| 28 | ‘ I asked him to get it for me . ’ |
| 29 | As he lay dying , Herbert handed a little book to one of his attendants and asked him to deliver it to his dear brother Nicholas Ferrar , |
| 30 | the Judge , will compel him to learn it by heart . |