Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] it [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The editor of Les Colonies , however , seized on this statement , and in an editorial in the very last issue his paper was ever to publish , tried to use it to encourage people to stay in St Pierre . |
| 2 | But the scales down Fenna 's tail grew gradually smaller and smaller , the darker shades of his back and the paler shades of his underside blending together , and at the very tip , small as a child 's thumb , they were minute and a shade that , when she tried to match it to paint sample cards was usually called eau de nil . |
| 3 | The vessel was said to have been intelligence gathering and the damage it sustained caused it to release oil and form another , though smaller , slick to float about the Gulf . |
| 4 | I read Millett 's Sexual Politics by the light of an oil lamp , with mosquitos whining in my ears , and tried to make it make sense in Africa . |
| 5 | I opened my eyes eventually and took the compass out of my jeans pocket , where I 'd stowed it to have hands free for standing up . |
| 6 | As the historical narrative approached the present , political themes were unavoidable : ‘ In 1965 , we , in our wisdom , decided to allow it to get independence . ’ |
| 7 | All Home policies carry a condition requiring the Policyholder to exercise reasonable care of the property insured to prevent it sustaining loss or damage . |
| 8 | And er my chum 's mother , she was a forewoman French polisher and he asked her to come and er work along with him you know , but it was I mean that was during the depression years , that was in the the twenties right through to the you know the The first bright spot was when the Queen Mary got started it gave people And then of course , just after that , things was beginning to pick up , but it was really preparing for war . |
| 9 | The library committee had found other staff very responsive to such ideas and a staff workshop had been planned , although industrial action had prevented it taking place . |
| 10 | Years later one of Cahiers ' most influential critics , Jean-Luc Godard , admitted that none of them had really believed in the theory , but had used it to draw attention to themselves . |
| 11 | The accused 's intention had to be considered to determine whether he wished to use it to inflict injury . |
| 12 | The NPFL 's advance had enabled it to secure control of the port of Buchanan , 100 km south-east of Monrovia , after fierce fighting on May 23 . |
| 13 | The intimate relationship of Blackpool with the Wakes Weeks towns had enabled it to raise capital for its piers , Winter Gardens and other improvements . |
| 14 | You had to read it use Sean 's library book . |
| 15 | The company 's lawyers contended during a trial in state court that Basinger , 39 , whose credits include Batman and My Stepmother Is an Alien , had caused it to lose $5-10 million . |
| 16 | As for France Telecom , Industry Minister Gerard Longuet said he had asked it consider partners for its international expansion . |
| 17 | The in-house survey referred to above found that 78 per cent of the weekend guests had gone to the hotel because they had read it offered leisure facilities . |
| 18 | Manufacturing workers were aware of this situation , and at times of dispute with their employers sometimes attempted to use it to gain support from the landed rate-payers who , correctly , believed that , compared with land , the assets of manufacturers were significantly under-assessed . |
| 19 | Because he wanted to use it to locate carp and pike he was getting some fiery abuse . |
| 20 | The main Hoechst plant in Frankfurt was blockaded by Greenpeace after the company refused to allow it take water and earth samples . |