Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] it [to-vb] [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 | As the historical narrative approached the present , political themes were unavoidable : ‘ In 1965 , we , in our wisdom , decided to allow it to get independence . ’ |
| 4 | The accused 's intention had to be considered to determine whether he wished to use it to inflict injury . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Because he wanted to use it to locate carp and pike he was getting some fiery abuse . |