Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] it [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The set was so tacky she expected it to collapse each time one of the characters came through the door . |
| 2 | ‘ Unless you did it to gain some advantage , of course . ’ |
| 3 | The patients were asked how easy they found it to maintain good control . |
| 4 | Agrippa claimed he used it to make sure wine was free of poison , though I do n't think it was possible for Agrippa to die . |
| 5 | He used it to attack paternalistic officialdom and to articulate demands for social progress : ‘ I 'd tell people to forget their old ordinary life because ultimately , anyhow , we 'll either have a better life than that , or bust . ’ |
| 6 | By ‘ thought ’ Descartes did not just mean deliberation , or some strictly intellectual activity ; he took it to include other forms of consciousness , such as imagining and feeling . |