Example sentences of "it to him [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His captors keep one of his shoes to make sure he comes back , and return it to him filled with excrement . |
| 2 | I suppose I put it to him hoping for some response . |
| 3 | I owe it to him to explain what 's happened between us , to get his permission to go on seeing you . ’ |
| 4 | Inevitably they took out their frustrations on Ellie and ‘ Patsy ’ , as they had nick-named their youngest brother , leaving it to him to remember his sister 's bottle when the others had left her crying , or to make endless attempts to keep her amused . |
| 5 | She accused the widow of stealing her husband 's love away from her by dosing the milk of the dead cow and giving it to him to drink . |
| 6 | Fagg and company were upset about Blenkinsop going , but since they trusted him utterly they left it to him to choose someone just like himself . |
| 7 | Well how , what advantage was it to him to win that then ? |
| 8 | In the same way that , in 1941 , he had been convinced that Hitler was in his debt for services rendered in the struggle against communism , Franco now believed the western powers owed it to him to recognize that he had been right all along . |
| 9 | But did you suggest it to him did he want to bring , take anything in or |
| 10 | You have n't lent it to him have you ? |
| 11 | We put it to him to make these the basis of his leadership now . |
| 12 | Full of interest and packed with information and statistics , it was a great performance , but the Dean frankly acknowledged that credit for it was due to Charles Gorham who had prepared the paper and had given it to him to read . |
| 13 | With a political party , for example , this might mean conveying the idea that the Foreign Secretary is making an important speech in their locality and they owe it to him to show their support . |
| 14 | Show Tony how you play now you roll it to him see and he 'll keep , oh he bowled it back ! |
| 15 | I thought that three guineas would be an appropriate amount , drew up a licence and sent it to him to sign . |
| 16 | Do n't you owe it to him to come now ? ’ |