ITasanEmptyObject
WeuseITasan“empty”objectaftercertainverbs andinsomephrasestointroduceafollowingclause Wesayitisemptybecauseitdoesn’treferto anythinginparticular
ThefairlyfixedphrasesbelowhaveintroductoryIT asObject.
BREAKITTOSOMEONETHAT:Informsomeoneaboutsomethingunpleasantorupsetting.
Thedoctorfinallybrokeittomethattherewasnocure.
DRUMITINTOSOMEONETHAT:toteachsomethingtosomeonebyfrequentrepeating.
Theydrummeditintomethatyouwerenottoknow.
HAVEITINMIND+toinf/thatclause(formal):tointendtodosomething
ForalongtimeIhaditinmindtowriteabookaboutmyexperiences.
IhaditinmindthatonedayImightmovetoSpain.
IWOULDN’TPUTITPASTSOMEONETODOSOMETHING: tonotbesurprisedifsomeonedoessomethingbad,becauseitisatypicalthingforthatpersontodo:
PerhapsHelenatoldhim-Iwouldn'tputitpasther.y/yIwouldn'tputitpasthimtolie.
LEAVEITTOOLATETODOSOMETHING:towaittoolongtodosomething
IhopeIhaven'tleftittoolatetoapply.y/yYou’veleftittoolatetochangeyourticket.
LETITBEKNOWN(formal):togiveinformationtootherpeople,especiallyinanindirectway
Heletitbeknown,duringdinner,thathewasonthelookoutforawife.
IletitbeknownthatIwasnothappyaboutthedecisionthathadbeenmade.
MAKEITAPOINTTODOSOMETHING:todosthdeliberately,oftenwithextraeffort.
Shemakesitapointtotreatheremployeesfairly.
MAKEITYOURBUSINESSTODOSOMETHING:tomakeaspecialefforttodosomething
Ruthmadeitherbusinesstogettoknowthecustomers.
MAKEITAHABITTODOSOMETHING:tobegintodosomethingregularlyoroften.
Ihavemadeitahabittolistentoaudiobooksonmywaytoandfromwork.
MAKEITARULETODOSOMETHING:toactaccordingtoaprinciple.
Imakeitarulenottoeatfattyfoods.
PUTITABOUTTHAT:totellalotofpeoplesomething,especiallysomethingthatisnottrue
Someone'sbeenputtingitaboutthatDanisleaving.
PUTITTOSOMEONETHAT:totellsomeoneyourexplanationofsomething.
Iputittohimthatwhatweneededwassomeindependentadvice.
RUMOUR/LEGEND/WORDHASITTHAT:usedtoreportwhatpeoplesayorwhatastorysays
RumourhasitthatJimisnothischild.y/yWordhasitthattheymayseparate.
SEETOITTHAT:tomakesurethatsomethingisdone
Canyouseetoitthateveryonegetsacopyofthismemo?
TAKEITASAGIVENTHAT:toacceptthatsomethingistrueandnotexpectittochange
Youcantakeitasagiventhattherewillbechampagneatthewedding.
TAKEITASREADTHAT:tofeelcertainthatsthistruealthoughnoonehastoldyouitistrue
Youcantakeitasreadthatwewillsupporttheproject.y/yItookitasreadthatyouwerecoming.
TAKEITFORGRANTEDTHAT:tobelievethatsomethingistruewithoutmakingsure
Hejusttookitforgrantedthathewouldpasstheexam.
TAKEITTHAT:saidifyouthinkthatwhatyousayislikelytobetrue,althoughitisnotproved
Itakeityou’veheardaboutBenandCarolsplittingup.
TAKEITINTURNSTODOSOMETHING:todosomethingonatatime.
Theytookitinturnstodrinkfromthewaterbottle.y/yWetookitinturnstokeepwatch.