Example sentences of "it to his [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He may have had it planned as a mausoleum before his death or friends may have erected it to his memory . |
| 2 | The second exception was established in Tuberville v. Stamp where it was held that liability extended to a fire originating in a field as much as to one beginning in a house , but if the defendant kindles it at a proper time and place and the violence of the wind carry it to his neighbour 's land , that is fit to be given in evidence . |
| 3 | The first typist writes a page of a document and hands it to his neighbour . |
| 4 | Dr. Ray struck a match and applied it to his pipe . |
| 5 | He took it out hastily , lest Lord Boddy notice it and jump to the conclusion that Dyson was mimicking him , and transferred it to his jacket pocket . |
| 6 | He was caught writing pornography and — worse still — sending it to his cousin at Eton . |
| 7 | As Miller related it to his mates later , they were both asleep when they drove through the gates . |
| 8 | Following the death , on 29 June 1523 , of Thomas Spring of Lavenham , ‘ the rich clothier ’ , his commercial empire had been dismantled , and his immense fortune , £3,200 net , dispersed among his heirs , most of it to his widow and daughter ; his son had already chosen to live as a gentleman and was duly taxed on £20 from lands in 1524 , and the firm ceased trading . |
| 9 | Give it to his back hand |
| 10 | But then if that not conceded or protest not sus sustained , that would the letter would come back to the Official letter would come back to the branch secretary you see , and he would look at it , and he would put it to his branch and if they wanted to go further , that went to Euston House , the N U R headquarters , Euston House . |
| 11 | ‘ A man who believes in Hell , ’ he once wrote , ‘ ca n't help relating the prospect of it to his feelings about life in general ’ . |
| 12 | Having delivered this barely intelligible reply , Seb made it to his feet with difficulty , and stood swaying over Melody . |
| 13 | Pointy-Beard never did make it to his feet . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He was trying to hold it to his chest . |
| 16 | He picked up the Thing again , hugging it to his chest , and darted forwards . |
| 17 | No response , he was hugging it to his chest , something should have happened . |
| 18 | All its imports could be seen as luxuries , and the Stuart government was very ready to see luxuries taxed ; as James II put it to his Parliament in 1685 , ‘ Lay it on Luxury , as chocolate , tea , coffee , East Indian commodities as not necessary for the life of man , and on wine . ’ |
| 19 | Quick as a thief , Garvey raised it to his collar and was about to drop it down the inside of his shirt when the Mason took a hold of his collar from behind and twisted it . |
| 20 | If the character has any sense , he will realize that being out in a lightning storm carrying a chunk of metal is n't a good idea , and drop it to his associates on the ground , turn ethereal , or take some other steps to ensure his safety . |
| 21 | He purchased and developed Folkestone harbour personally in association with ( Sir ) William Cubitt [ q.v. ] , but afterwards resold it to his company at no profit . |
| 22 | A salesman can go to a customer , write in an order and download it to his company 's main computer at the end of the day . |
| 23 | And feeding it to his eye-flame |
| 24 | One of them reached over to search out the right tape and handed it to his Sheikh . |
| 25 | Furthermore , for the man in a hurry , they will put together a special selection and take it to his home or office . |
| 26 | Glenister , 30 , hitched up the 19ft yacht and towed it to his home in Chawleigh , Devon , four miles away , Exeter magistrates were told . |
| 27 | Since he had not delivered it to his customer ( M ) he had ‘ continued ’ in possession ( albeit wrongfully ) . |
| 28 | Count Edward Raczynski , the distinguished centenarian ex-President of Poland in exile living in London , has created a foundation whose aim is to recover as much of his property as possible and return it to his country house of Rogalin outside Poznan . |
| 29 | The importance of the case , and the fact that Virgin 's public reputation was at stake , had driven Branson to take an active role in preparing Virgin 's defence , rather than simply entrusting it to his lawyers . |
| 30 | Firstly , there are the so-called pronouns of laziness ( Geach , 1962 : 125ff ) , as in Karttunen 's well-known sentence ( see Lyons , 1977a : 673ff ) : ( 93 ) The man who gave his paycheck to his wife was wiser than the man who gave it to his mistress where it is not co-referential with his paycheck , but refers to what a repetition of that NP would have referred to ( namely the paycheck of the man whose mistress got it ) if it had occurred in place of it . |