Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] it to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Prospect Inn has two of its decorative lino floors intact , although the owners , Whitbread , destroyed the original pole sign outside when the tenants asked for it to be repaired . |
| 2 | Bright too had misgivings in this area , particularly about size of the single conductor , and asked for it to be enlarged . |
| 3 | On 11 July Cross had taken a sample of his own tapwater into the local North Cornwall District Council offices and asked for it to be analysed , but the Council refused . |
| 4 | And did you read Bill Davis 's defence of the moneychangers in the temple , Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall on the last supper ( ‘ my partner chose the water then asked for it to be changed to wine ’ ) , David Thomas 's theory that Cain was framed by a feminist group ? |
| 5 | Six months later , when she asked for it to be given to Arrowe Park Hospital , which saved her son 's life , she was told the money was in a ‘ suspense account ’ . |
| 6 | A Royal source said : ‘ There was a gap in her diary and she asked for it to be filled . |
| 7 | The letter did not say that they would continue to be charged for the service , unless they wrote and asked for it to be stopped . |
| 8 | On 28 August 1651 , while Alured was evidently on his deathbed , James Chaloner [ q.v. ] , the Yorkshire MP , reported to the House that Alured was owed £8,769 and asked for it to be paid . |
| 9 | President Kenyatta asked for it to be translated into Swahili ; and members of his Cabinet paid tribute to its part in bringing a bloodless transition to self-government there . |
| 10 | Take-up has stemmed partly from the wish of those companies trading internationally and particularly in the highly litigious US to protect their directors and partly because , as Willis Corroon 's Drew Hardie said , ‘ when directors who had had this cover then moved to other companies they asked for it to be part of their new contract ’ . |
| 11 | He said : ‘ I took it in yesterday and asked for it to be repaired as soon as possible . |
| 12 | At that time , we , we received a petition from the tenants erm very much along the lines of the one that erm erm , er Mr has read out , at that time there was a petition from a hundred and eight county council tenants and one hundred and five of them in fact signed it and they , they asked for it to be allowed to keep the erm to have the freedom to decide whether or not hunting takes place . |
| 13 | These and many other such instances , however , are mainly cases where , although the constitution forbade the enactment of the law in question by that legislature or process , it provided for it to be enacted in some other way , e.g. by constitutional amendment . |
| 14 | To get there they had to cross the mud , and sank in it to their ankles , but below the soft surface the foreshore was hard here , and although it was a filthy journey it was n't particularly difficult . |
| 15 | ‘ I believe , ’ said the commissioner who reported on it to the Health of Towns Commission in 1845 , |
| 16 | It seemed worth it to me . |
| 17 | Having reached the most distant onlookers , a young couple pushing up-and-down a baby in a pram , the girl drew tight the neck of the bag and strolled with it to the stage . |
| 18 | I cycled on it to Aberdare and Mountain Ash . |
| 19 | You know he paid for it to be |
| 20 | Lesley walked to the microphone as the chairperson retreated from it to a spatter of applause . |
| 21 | And I wa commented on it to you , it was when I borrowed the maternity robe from Penny and she |
| 22 | He arranged for it to be bound in silver and , to hide his embarrassment , had it inscribed Risum teneatis , amica — ‘ Restrain your laughter , friends ’ . |
| 23 | He arranged for it to be published within a year by the Cambridge University press , overcoming the scruples of the Vice-Chancellor , who objected to the passage |
| 24 | it was very clever , I watched the first couple because people who like Harry Enfield 's comic characters switched on , just to see what he was like and before you knew it you were twenty minutes into a half hour programme and you stuck with it to the end . |
| 25 | He spread it out , and glanced from it to the screen . |
| 26 | Disappointed at the constable 's absence , since he and Richard had prepared a verbal message for their mother , Edward remarked on it to the servant , a stranger , who brought their supper . |
| 27 | Cautiously he mounted the remaining stairs , recognised the figure for what it was and stepped over it to the wheelhouse . |
| 28 | She talked about it to her twin , and on Martha 's advice tried new ways to please Harry . |
| 29 | They talked sex , the way he talked about it to many people with whom he grew close in a working relationship . |
| 30 | I even hinted at it to Heather . |