Example sentences of "it [adv] to [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I suppose you 'd put it down to had management tactics , ’ sneered Ray . |
| 2 | We 've more or less pinned it down to coming from the the drainage systems . |
| 3 | But most of all I put it down to having lots of plants , ( plastic or real ) for cover . |
| 4 | And I put it down to having a fairly bad circulation and I 'm get getting my circulation back , using a product called and going on this er hair programme and my hair is beginning |
| 5 | I put it down to giving up work . ’ |
| 6 | Mornings had indeed developed into quite a happy routine of little errands and duties for Aunt Emily , the hens and the sea ; and if she felt now , as quite often she did , an incomprehensible longing for something wilder and freer and more satisfying than this domestic round , she put it down to needing to be in the open air more and gave herself , next morning , a longer spell on the smooth buff sands of the bay . |
| 7 | And erm these things used to used to sort of wind the r the the the spring or the leather thong around th top and start it off to spinning you know and then you 'd keep whipping it like that and you could make these things jump into the air , in fact a friend of mine was telling me , we were talking about it the other day . |
| 8 | And if he wants to dabble in those really contentious issues then he 's got to say what he really thinks , because I 've had it up to f—ing here . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Despite Olivetti 's best efforts , it is continuing to be hurt by falling computer prices and must do more to cut costs to bring it back to operating profitability , ’ one source said . |
| 10 | The agent will send it around to publishing houses where she or he will have contacts , so your work will be seen more quickly and with a more benevolent eye . |