Example sentences of "to [pers pn] and [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was suggested that some existing pensioners , who may not have drawn the sum due to them on leaving the Bank , could now claim the sum due to them and donate it to the Fund . |
| 2 | Well if I know who they are and I do n't know where they come from I 'll just put who they are day I were talking to them and dash it . |
| 3 | They started to run meetings in the house for the wives of the clergy , where Ramsey talked theology to them and mixed it with a lot of humour . |
| 4 | But I think I 'd actually like to support that idea , I think we ought to er er write back to them and say it 's a splendid idea , erm let's have more of it and and thank you to the local government commission for s er seeing to this after a hundred years . |
| 5 | Oh you 'll dro If you write to i If you write to them and drop it in that 's fine then . |
| 6 | GENEVIEVE CAUDEN : The professor came to me and said it was alright because the guy had shot himself , but I could n't move . |
| 7 | I got the tastiest bird in the place and all that and er she spun it and spun it back to me and spun it . |
| 8 | Now , you 'll recall that last week I was talking about Darwin 's basic concept and I tried to explain it to you and to illustrate it to you . |
| 9 | You can get it by post at three pounds fifty by post , send a cheque or postal order made payable to the B B C for three pounds fifty , we 'll sent it b , I 'll send it by post to you and send it to Afternoon Special , , Derby , Leicester , Lincoln or Nottingham if you want the Good Old Days Quiz Book by post . |
| 10 | He was on his feet , holding out his hand to Nick who went to him and took it trustingly . |
| 11 | It made him look boyish and oddly vulnerable , and for one crazy moment , she had to stifle an impulse to go to him and smooth it down . |
| 12 | Each member of the class is asked to think quietly : " Listen to your own thoughts for a moment or two " then " If there is something you want to say to him , go to him and say it now . " |
| 13 | If I was you now I 'd go to him and give it to him , I tell you ! |
| 14 | Boniface wrote to Ecgberht , archbishop of York , authorizing him to amend the letter in any way he thought desirable , and to Herefrith , a priest , who was to make known Boniface 's views to Aethelbald by reading the letter to him and explaining it — Herefrith being one to whom Aethelbald was prepared to listen . |
| 15 | She had a natural Slavic beauty , a good figure outlined by her tight high-necked dark green blouse — to merge with the forest — and more than one man had fallen prey to her and regretted it , if he had lived to do so . |
| 16 | He agreed and ordered Lady Kennedy 's counsel , Stephen Kamilish , to talk to her and ensure it did not continue . |
| 17 | He loved to lie next to her and kiss it and then to stretch flat and look up at her hips . |
| 18 | Iris grabbed the hand nearest to her and squeezed it . |
| 19 | Oh , what a pity could n't get somebody to talk to her and have it recorded . |
| 20 | I 've done that to mine and put it on pause and er you know missed out about half an hours conversation . |
| 21 | Then he added a fatal dose of your ethylene stuff to it and put it back on the carving rest … ’ |
| 22 | File access refers to the way that the records can be retrieved for the purpose of reading the data , changing it , adding to it and deleting it . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's too bad you ca n't put your ego in a box , tie a rock to it and throw it out into the lake , ’ she said sweetly . |
| 24 | I mean they put something round the mother 's tummy and they can see the heart beat beating , whereas we , if we wanted to know if the baby was alright and er it was n't getting distressed you 'd just put a , a cloth on the mummy 's tum and put your ear down to it and hear it that way . |
| 25 | She saw Adam take two strides to it and grip it in his hands . |
| 26 | When a drifting particle of food touches an arm , tube feet fasten on to it and pass it on from one to another until it reaches the gutter that runs down the upper surface of the arm to the mouth at the centre . |
| 27 | Turnour seems to be happy to be insulted as he enjoys putting people in their places and he was used to it and relished it . |
| 28 | She whisked Nicandra 's large linen napkin off her knees and tied it round her waist , then joined her own to it and knotted it securely to the back of Nicandra 's chair . |
| 29 | ‘ I got down to it and stopped it . |
| 30 | Somebody would 've put a match to it and set it on fire , we would have got money for going to deal with it . |