Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] it to [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you had any doubts at all about the digestibility of your bait , you would sensibly change it to something that was digestible ! |
| 2 | Her absence was registered by Fru Møller at about ten o'clock and she did not mention it to anyone . |
| 3 | Because all shareholders will benefit if performance improves ( either through Usurping present management or by frightening them into improved performance ) , why should any rational individual be the one to incur the costs ; why not leave it to someone else ? |
| 4 | He 'd not leave it to someone who would turn it over . |
| 5 | And if I had I would n't lend it to anyone as rotten damn patronizing , stupid and heartless as you . ’ |
| 6 | They would n't lend it to anybody else would they ? |
| 7 | You ca n't compare it to anything that Formula 1 does , ’ he said . |
| 8 | I 've never heard a dog he do n't do it to anybody else . |
| 9 | Unkind critics of the Amstrad , er , Sinclair PC200 have suggested it would make the ideal present for someone with everything , as you would n't give it to someone who actually needed a PC . |
| 10 | if the worse thing is , you ca n't shorten it to anything decent , you ca n't call him slob |
| 11 | Rosa cut in with a squeal , ‘ No , do n't mention it to anyone . |
| 12 | Of course you may borrow the house , and I wo n't mention it to anyone . ’ |
| 13 | He said simply , ‘ You 'll do me a favour if you do n't mention it to anyone . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Well , I did n't mention it to anyone . |
| 15 | I sha n't tell it to anyone else . ’ |
| 16 | Well do n't play it to anyone else . |
| 17 | Gerald will start , er , and he will talk to you as if you were a potential client , but so he can actually relate it to somebody , he 'll choose one of you . |
| 18 | What you 're not likely to see is the peculiarities of , of the person erm showing themselves and if they do show too much , the likelihood is that the rest of the group will start to erm freeze out that individual , regardless because they 're no longer corresponding to the to the ideals of the group and er so consequently , erm I personally have no time for group psychoanalysis and I would never recommend it to anybody , although of course , for non-analytic things like losing weight or in stopping smoking or drinking , there 's a lot to be said for it , but one should n't confuse that kind of group reinforcement with erm analysis , cos analysis as we 've seen is quite different . |