Example sentences of "it to " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | However , to entrap our pub tradition within a rigid set of rules and guidelines is at best to condemn it to becoming an anachronism , if not to extinguish it altogether . |
| 33 | ‘ And all we shall have to do is to stick together and confess that this dreadful accident did happen a little bit earlier and we all felt devastated but there was a full house and we all felt we owed it to the public that the show should go on . |
| 34 | First thing this morning , Martha put a fifty-pound note into the pocket of an apron you subsequently wore , thinking it to be yours . ’ |
| 35 | I am going to send it to Sarah when it 's finished and the final word on its fate will be hers . |
| 36 | If you 've already paid for the room , what 's it to him ? ’ |
| 37 | I ca n't explain it to you . ’ |
| 38 | What 's it to them ? |
| 39 | I 'm not sure that I know how to explain it to you . ’ |
| 40 | They 'd probably still give it to you . ’ |
| 41 | ‘ But do n't take it to heart if I do n't follow your advice . |
| 42 | Your new patio will be designed and built in time for spring when you can really enjoy it to the full . |
| 43 | A bush tree is exactly what you would expect it to be ( bushy ) , but at the right height for picking and pruning comfortably . |
| 44 | Look down and check that you are handling the right lever before moving it to the DOWN position . |
| 45 | If you have a problem , do mention it to your doctor , health visitor or midwife . |
| 46 | Adaptations can usually be done to a property to suit it to your needs . |
| 47 | In 1987 at one of the regular meetings of superintendents , I listened as the deputy chief constable talked his way through a potential problem for the increasing numbers of graduates in the service , who ‘ obviously can not all make it to the top ’ . |
| 48 | There is no irony in this ; indeed this is firmly in line with many similar statements collected in fieldnotes , which consider it to be totally inappropriate for policemen to mirror the style of the locals if they wear track suits or jeans or sport longer hair and beards . |
| 49 | They had meant it to be special , but at the time , it had been dreadful , and when they began to sing Happy Birthday , Jay had burst into tears and run out of the room . |
| 50 | ‘ Leave it to me . ’ |
| 51 | It was all so unreal , she felt she had to write it down to prove it was happening , to have it and hold it to her heart . |
| 52 | I want it to . |
| 53 | Goddam it to held lady , you 've been straight all your life . |
| 54 | We should just make it to the cabaret — everyone 's there . |
| 55 | She is wearing her party smile which slashes to a snarling slaver and she makes it to the kitchen where cold steal lies on Dutch tiles . |
| 56 | When you can cope with one minute of hard effort , increase it to two or three minutes . |
| 57 | The good loser never makes it to the winner 's rostrum of any worthwhile competition . |
| 58 | If the tooth is loosened in its socket , modern dental surgery may be able to fix it to adjacent teeth . |
| 59 | Skill is one of the most important elements in the champion 's make-up , because if he ca n't perform the right technique at the right time and in the right way , he will never make it to the winner 's rostrum . |
| 60 | Cameron folded the paper and gave it to James Menzies . |