Example sentences of "to it [conj] [pron] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I shall see to it that she does n't end up in the wrong hands . |
| 2 | I 've given my word to her mother that I will see to it that she does — she would n't have been allowed to come here on holiday otherwise , she would have been shut up in her mother 's apartment in Rome . ’ |
| 3 | A child , after all , knows most of the game … it is only an attitude to it that he lacks . |
| 4 | He must seek the advice of the wisest money-brokers and buy a pension scheme if he be self-employed ; he must see to it that he does not over-extend himself on the mortgage front ; he must run a motor car that does n't drink petrol like tapwater and wo n't break him every time it needs a service from a franchised dealer ; above all , he must abstain from vicious pleasures — or if he needs must indulge , then he must do so only in moderation . |
| 5 | Just see to it that he does not also cast his eyes on Ana . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ What a silly little trick — he certainly owes you an apology and I 'll see to it that he makes it . ’ |
| 7 | Environment is the soil and water that permits it to sprout and grow , or sees to it that it does n't . |
| 8 | The ability of an offeror under CA 1985 , s429 to require dissenting minority shareholders to sell their shares to it once it has obtained 90 per cent or more of the shares of the target company for which the offer was made . |
| 9 | ‘ Perhaps you should see to it before it blows us all up , Nurse . ’ |
| 10 | Maeve Binchy 's Circle of Friends ( RC84 ; 3 hours approx ) , delightfully read by her actress cousin Kate Binchy , has an earthier scent to it as it follows the fortunes of three young Irish girls and their attendant young men through their first year as students at University College , Dublin . |
| 11 | Although the western consensus based on the traditional liberal interpretation has now broken down , many of the most distinguished scholars in the field remain firmly committed to it and it continues to inform conventional wisdom among non-specialists in the West . |
| 12 | You 'll get used to it and it does n't affect you |
| 13 | Once again , having selected the fax as the print device , you ‘ print ’ to it and it asks you for the address details . |
| 14 | It 's there because you grew up with it and you 're exposed to it and it turns you on . ’ |
| 15 | and there 's a backing to it and it pumps it out into the room , they 're dead hot |
| 16 | You scramble on to it and it topples over ; you feel you will never learn the strange , simple secret . |
| 17 | Such aggression could be very disturbing to young workers submitting their first paper , although experienced researchers are used to it and it seems to be something which most people are prepared to put up with . |
| 18 | Obviously he is entitled to it if he has got a good case . |
| 19 | In this case the judge held that a man is not guilty of rape if he has sexual intercourse with a woman who does not consent to it if he believes she does consent , whether his belief is based on reasonable grounds or not . |
| 20 | ‘ Nothin' to it if you acts sensible and keeps yellin' out so 's everyone knows where everyone is . |
| 21 | Er yeah and I think people in the first term are quite attracted to it because it does n't seem to have much on the timetable erm |
| 22 | Another might be attracted to it because he sees in it the possibility of calendar reform . |
| 23 | It is seldom simple and even the more experienced operators make mistakes , often because they do not understand the difference between source — what the original sound is like — and acoustics — what happens to it when it leaves the loudspeakers . |
| 24 | They did n't have any control , certainly , and not even very much knowledge as to how the commodity — and I 'm talking about cotton , rubber , tea , copper , bauxite , coco , sugar , coffee and so on — what happened to it when it enters the market of a developed country . |
| 25 | So a lot of it 's going to go through the big pipe and then what happens to it when it 's come through the , the , these three pipes ? |