Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] [vb past] it to " in BNC.

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1 Tom mumbled something to himself and handed it to him .
2 I finished some games in absolute agony , but said nothing and kept it to myself .
3 Rigorists rejected compromise : they would surrender nothing and understood it to be of the essence of their Christian allegiance that every Lord 's day they would unfailingly celebrate the eucharist .
4 As it happened , I emerged a little late and I fear I rather startled the young gentleman , who immediately pulled his attaché case away from me and clutched it to his chest with both arms .
5 I could never remember how to do them , I mean if somebody , if someone sat with me and explained it to me and then I , and then I could do it , I would do
6 The three youths waited , debating within themselves whether honour had been satisfied as he took his attention from them and returned it to Marion ; and suddenly , as his eyes burned into her like a couple of lasers , it was as if the two of them stood alone and everything else was just background .
7 The old crow selected the largest one and dragged it to safety , out of the way of a pair of young birds chasing them down .
8 He took out the photograph which he always carried with him and compared it to the woman he had just seen .
9 He thinks the Ukrainian probably was killed and someone stole it from him and got it to Europe . ’
10 He made coffee , then found the piece of paper Roxborough had given him and took it to the phone .
11 Melissa took the tray from her and carried it to the buffet , while Juliette covered her face with a towel .
12 She lifted a bottle of Champagne from among the photographs cluttering the occasional table beside her and passed it to Charity with an instruction to fill the glasses and hold the chatter , because she insisted on listening to the nine o'clock news on the wireless .
13 Mrs. Jones did not understand that it had that effect , notwithstanding that the creditor 's solicitor went through the mortgage with her and explained it to her before she signed .
14 He also noticed a reduction in Miss T. 's awareness of what was going on around her and mentioned it to the nursing staff who told him that it was the effect of the drugs .
15 Finally , she snatched up the envelope from the table where she 'd left it and carried it to the one window that might , if she were lucky , catch a vagrant breeze from the river a block away .
16 He fumbled and brought out his wallet from an inner pocket , opened It and passed it to her .
17 Harper spend f226 on repairing it and sold it to a finance company .
18 There was a Django Reinhardt tape playing , I know because I recorded it and sold it to Stubbly , and Ken the barman was sitting on a bar stool reading the News of the World .
19 After its discovery in 1873 , the Tongue had found its way into the hands of a treasure-hunter , who had kept quiet about it and sold it to a London dealer , who in turn had sold it to an American collector , who had lent it to an exhibition in Philadelphia in 1922 — which latter appearance had provided the clues , sixty-five years later , for a detective-story-like investigation on the part of Theodore Kemp of the Ashmolean Museum — a man who now lay dead in the mortuary at the Radcliffe Infirmary .
20 With care he lifted it and took it to the mouth of the chamber .
21 He looked round for the phone , found it and took it to the woman , laying it in her lap .
22 I remember I bought about 100 copies of it and sent it to various agents , bookers , and media .
23 Pointing out the value of hat pins , Oliver fielded it and returned it to her with a bow .
24 I turned it and played it to the net , though it did n't come in easily .
25 ‘ There is a letter somewhere , ’ Sister Cooney searched until she found it and handed it to him .
26 At the sink he filled a cup with cold water , drank it down in one gulp , refilled it and handed it to Frankie without comment .
27 He pulled a crumpled letter out of his shirt pocket , opened it and handed it to her to read .
28 He unfolded it and handed it to George .
29 Replacing the wallet , he produced a gold pen , scribbled quickly on the back of it and handed it to Lisa .
30 I finished the joint , lit it and handed it to Carol .
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