Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] to it [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He will shift very rapidly between different representations of the equipment ; the thing itself , his maintenance instructions , the manual , the drawings of the system , verbal discussion with a colleague , his recollection of what has happened to it in the past and so on . |
| 2 | What has happened to it in the course of its life ? |
| 3 | Chair , could I make , could I suggest maybe that in future when you ask organisations you make it harder for getting a license for street collection , that you tell them that you 'll want to know exactly the proportions , but I mean put it back on to them , rather than be you having to bother to it in the future . |
| 4 | But that we become committed to it as the way to save the country and the peace appears to me full of dangers . ’ |
| 5 | Yeah I was gon na move erm on a suggestion that we had not been convinced of the need for this consortium by er , so far and and that certainly we as an authority er , have remained opposed to it on the grounds that we 've stated the terms of accountability in terms of the er , sensitivity to local needs in terms of transport issues and in terms of the clear intention to restrict patient choice erm which I think is a key think which should be emphasised |
| 6 | In September 1715 , immediately after the death of Louis XIV , the Parlement of Paris had restored to it by the Regent , the Duc d'Orléans , the right of remonstrance which allowed it to impede royal legislation . |
| 7 | When they dined together at the Perroquet in March 1951 , they talked among other things about ‘ British painting and what had happened to it since the high hopes of the war ’ . |
| 8 | How lovely it would be to find the garden , and see what had happened to it in the last ten years ! |
| 9 | How can anyone be so arrogant as to talk about this Creature , this Thing , as if they knew It , as if they had just had a letter from It or had chatted to It over the phone , when the It can not be conceived , understood , described , or even proved to exist . |
| 10 | The Monopolies and Mergers Commission may , under the Fair Trading Act 1973 , have referred to it by the Director of Fair Trading or a Minister for investigation and report whether a monopoly , as defined , is or is not against the public interest . |