Example sentences of "he [verb] it [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | You were his victim ; he wants it to stay that way . |
| 4 | So when he uses the term utilitarianism he takes it to mean eudaemonistic consequentialism . |
| 5 | 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 . |