Example sentences of "to [pron] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | I once bought a mill house from a family in Cumbria , and during my survey found that a part of the land they were selling did not legally belong to them since it was not on the original conveyance from the lord of the manor . |
| 2 | Like virgins to the sacrificial altar , they followed Molly Malone to the place where it all happened ; where Wrens must learn to live in a men 's world because now the war was nearer to them than it had ever been . |
| 3 | What principally weighs with me in thinking that Lord Coke made a mistake of fact is my conviction that all men of business , whether merchants or tradesmen , do every day recognise and act on the ground that prompt payment of a part of their demand may be more beneficial to them than it would be to insist on their rights and enforce payment of the whole . |
| 4 | Much of this story will necessarily be unfamiliar to them but it may offer some understanding of how the work of God here has developed and of what there is that is worthwhile in the legacy of the past . |
| 5 | I passed it back to them but it 's |
| 6 | It may mislead people into obeying the law where , but for their consent , it would have been clear to them that it is better to disobey . |
| 7 | It proves to them that it is their situation which defeats them , not themselves , and there is nothing that anyone can do about it . |
| 8 | I am speaking now of its Belgrade side , of the old men in the Academy who wished to complete Serb history because it seemed to them that it had not been properly completed back in 1918 . |
| 9 | You now explain to them that it is better thought of as an object with certain transformation properties under rotations . |
| 10 | ‘ Subject to the following provisions of this rule , the board may , in any case where it appears to them that it is desirable in the interests of investors , exercise any of the powers conferred by paragraphs ( 2 ) to ( 7 ) below . |
| 11 | That rule , which is the first of the rules dealing with Lautro 's intervention powers , authorises the board : ‘ In any case where it appears to them that it is desirable in the interests of investors … ’ to exercise their powers of intervention . |
| 12 | I have argued with them until I am blue in the face ; have indicated to them that it is near anarchy when the profession will not meet the Cabinet minister responsible ; but I have made no impression at all . |
| 13 | Eileen 's commanding officer took them to a room and gave them tea , and tried to explain to them that it was better for her to remain . |
| 14 | It is not for me to help Scottish Tories in those circumstances , but I suggest to them that it may have something to do with the way in which the Government treat Scotland in legislative terms . |
| 15 | Well , perhaps supping Glenlivet , thought Morse , or lying with some lovely girl under newly laundered sheets ; and indeed he would have suggested to them that it was surely just a little early to get too worried — when the night porter came through and asked Chief Inspector Morse if he was Chief Inspector Morse . |
| 16 | You should explain to them that it is your responsibility to ensure that contracts are exchanged in such a way that this scenario does not arise . |
| 17 | and I explained to them that it really wouldnae be piping hot , and then John came up with stuff and the custard |
| 18 | But Brockweir school in the Forest of Dean did close , because of lack of support , although some parents are now petitioning the county council to sell it to them so it can re-open . |
| 19 | My make-up artist and stylist are very good so I usually listen to them unless it is something that I really do n't like . |
| 20 | When I 'm on tour I normally write little ideas down in my diary and hang on to them until it 's writing time . |
| 21 | To blind a lamb or blind an eagle ; all the same to them if it left them with defenceless prey to kill . |
| 22 | The majority of men say that sex makes no difference to them when it comes to choosing a doctor , surgeon , lawyer , MP or boss . |
| 23 | Discourse treats the rules of grammar as a resource , conforming to them when it needs to , but departing from them when it does not . |
| 24 | The 25-year-old , who started his career with Tampa Bay Rowdies , says of the Americans : ‘ I feel more loyalty to them because it 's my wife 's country . ’ |
| 25 | The ERPS team are very fortunate that this facility is available to them because it has enabled the reconstruction work to be undertaken more efficiently . |
| 26 | For the O level people and those who just wanted to work , mucking around was seen to be unfair both to them because it held them back and to the teachers : here they interpret ‘ mucking about ’ wholly within the official theory of schooling . |
| 27 | It 's important to them because it proves where they are in life , they do n't want to stay like where their parents were , they want to prove . |
| 28 | In Anderson 's terms , they ‘ struggled ’ and education may have seemed a little remote to them as it was not freely available in most parts of the West Indies until the 1940s . |
| 29 | It lacks the personal touch it lacks the personal touch which is why you never send your people letters saying you 're fired or you know lost a job you always talk to them and it can be more expensive in terms of materials you use it 's it is very very expensive on mat materials and cheap on time but it 's a personal relationships that 's the first thing okay that 'll do so when do we use it ? |
| 30 | The hare and the hatter also decide to put the poor little dormouse into the teapot , which is rather cruel because he did n't do anything to them and it is rather a strange thing for his companions to do . |