Example sentences of "[vb -s] it to [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Swedes recently came to the conclusion that government should not be involved in waste management at all , since that requires it to police itself . |
| 2 | GUIL takes another coin , spins it , catches it , turns it over on to his other hand , looks at it , and throws it to ROS who puts it in his bag . |
| 3 | For example , if one arm of a conglomerate offering financial advice to a client acquires , whether directly or indirectly , inside information from that client and , without that client 's express or implied consent , deals on it , or relays it to others who deal on it , the conglomerate is potentially liable for an action brought by the client for breach of confidence . |
| 4 | It has a specific gravity of about I .4 , a refractive index of about 1.55 and is best detected by the van Wisselingh test — treatment with concentrated potassium hydroxide at 160- C for 20 minutes converts it to chitosan which gives a rose-violet colour with 0-z per cent iodine in 1 per cent sulphuric acid ( Campbell , 1929 ) . |
| 5 | ‘ She does it to spite me , ’ his father said . |