Example sentences of "[vb past] use 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 | 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 . |
3 | The accused 's intention had to be considered to determine whether he wished to use it to inflict injury . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | Because he wanted to use it to locate carp and pike he was getting some fiery abuse . |