Example sentences of "it to [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wanted it to forward wind , I think I pressed the wrong button . |
| 2 | A variation on the ring topology is the ‘ star ’ topology , where either the file server or a special network ‘ exchange ’ box sits in the middle and cable radiates from it to each workstation . |
| 3 | A star topology is where the file server ( or a special network ‘ exchange ’ box ) sits in the middle and cable radiates from it to each workstation |
| 4 | So far as talking is concerned , they can only do it to each other . |
| 5 | I owe it to Alison , we owe it to each other , to live this openly and simply . |
| 6 | Lawyers acquire a smattering of technical jargon and by using it to each other create the impression that they have a full comprehension of the subject . |
| 7 | We must consecrate it to each other and to the gods . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm not doing anything to you , ’ he breathed into her ear , ‘ we 're doing it to each other . ’ |
| 9 | The historical process of transforming the world , making it a better place , recovering a pre-lapsarian global Eden in its pristine simplicity , will end up with people selling it to each other by the dollar , pound or yen . |
| 10 | When Henry Homer wrote this in 1767 the canal age was in its infancy , but he predicted that not only by the turnpikes but with the aid of " an even more valuable project of increasing inland navigation , a facility of communication is soon likely to be established from every part of the Island to the sea and from the several places on it to each other " . |
| 11 | You 've been doing it to each other all the time but if I were to hurt you or if anybody else here were to hurt you physically or mentally how many times would you forgive them ? |
| 12 | They can write at home , they can write after school , they can read it to each other and I think this is tremendous benefit where they 're open with each other too and can discuss round the table and evaluate their own work . |
| 13 | They take the infantile mewing and they modify it to each situation in which they wish to express a need for something . |
| 14 | c ) certainly exists : we add it to each side . |
| 15 | He was a bright boy , good at his lessons , but she told him that cleverness was only a virtue if you worked hard and used it to good purpose . |
| 16 | First and foremost , Borland have taken the Windows interface and used it to good advantage . |
| 17 | A Department of the Environment report on the condition of local authority housing in 1985 said that in England alone almost £19 billion needed to be spent to restore it to good condition . |
| 18 | Write your answer on a postcard and send it to Good Food Competition , TODAY Features , 1 Virginia Street , London E1 9BS , to arrive by Monday November 9 . |
| 19 | Most of the money for the campaign has come from the central government and the United Nations , but it seems to be Marxist enthusiasm that has put it to good use . |
| 20 | Nuclear energy has become an important tool for plant breeders and Russian horticultural researchers have been putting it to good use in their iris-breeding programmes . |
| 21 | I came into a bit of money when my grandmother died and I decided to put it to good use . ’ |
| 22 | Mike Woodhead studied soil-science in Holland and put it to good use when he purchased his wine estate . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've done some nursing and I want to put it to good use , ’ she added . |
| 24 | " See you put it to good use . " |
| 25 | The individual experiences of recovery are so varied and the learning opportunities so diverse that there is a general maxim , " Where you are is where you are meant to be " , which implies that one can learn from any experience and put it to good use in recovery . |
| 26 | Secretary reports that he has already put it to good use . |
| 27 | For the past three years Brenda has been learning German at the Open Learning Centre on site and she puts it to good use on frequent trips abroad . |
| 28 | Wombles are fictitious animals from a TV series noted for their cleanliness , and for cleaning up litter and putting it to good use . |
| 29 | Architectural historians have already raided it to good effect , notably Mark Girouard for his book on the sixteenth-century architect Robert Smythson and Jill Lever , the curator of the collection , for the book she wrote with Margaret Richardson , The Art of the Architect . |
| 30 | Peter founded the navy out of virtually nothing , recruiting officers and sailors in the same way as for the army , and used it to good effect against the Swedes . |