Example sentences of "[pers pn] used it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I used it to pay off the barman at the Tomorrowman for the damage . |
| 2 | Recently I used it to stick a plastic-coated wire rack to the inside of a kitchen cupboard door while I checked the position of the rack with the door closed . |
| 3 | I took my inhaler with me , and they took it off me , telling me I used it to make myself high . |
| 4 | oh I thought you used it to get |
| 5 | She used it to listen to Wagner on the tube , it turned her five-foot and a small something into a snarling Valkyrie , keeping the loonies at bay . |
| 6 | It was a neat line to end on and she used it to excuse herself and go upstream to wash , using the chilly water to freeze her blood and perhaps put a coat of ice about her heart . |
| 7 | When she received a gift from the Queensland corps back in Australia she used it to help Simon . |
| 8 | ‘ We used it to heal sword cuts in the Holy Land , ’ he said . |
| 9 | A ball of green wool was passed around and we used it to bind ourselves together as the singing continued . |
| 10 | ‘ We used it to pay for car hire , the hall , flowers and drinks . |
| 11 | Having been satisfied with the tool 's performance on the rafters , we used it to tack down sheets of fibreboard on to chipboard . |
| 12 | ‘ When we were approached on this deal we used it to tie in with the release of one of our hostages held in Lebanon . ’ |
| 13 | They used it to buy a truck , which earned more money , which they used in turn to create a new farm , with further grants from the government . |
| 14 | Yeah they they used it to get away . |
| 15 | He used it to describe the new age of Western history which , according to Toynbee , began in the 1870s with the simultaneous globalization of Western culture and the re-empowerment of non-Western states . |
| 16 | Pascoe says that he used it to put an injured dog out of his misery . |
| 17 | He used it to explain how different chemical compounds may contain the same elements in the same proportions — ‘ isomerism ’ — because their atoms are differently arranged , and how different substances may have the same crystalline form — ‘ isomorphism ’ — because they have the same number of atoms in the same arrangement . |
| 18 | How he used it opened up a new realm for investigation . |
| 19 | His anger was still there , and he used it to break into her . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . ’ |
| 22 | He used it whereever he could and in some places where he should n't like in the rainwater system . |