Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] been used for " in BNC.
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| 1 | A superb SWAN which has only been used for private cruising in the Med . |
| 2 | ABOVE The preparation of land for forestry can destroy even well-preserved archaeological sites , particularly on land which has only been used for pasture . |
| 3 | I completed another tour of the mill and cottage , this time with Nigel in tow , trying to sound as objective as I could , as if I , too , saw mere possibilities , but as our tour progressed I could see that Nigel had warmed to it almost as much as I. He pointed out some ‘ interesting features ’ that I had missed , such as some of the wooden working parts of the mill machinery set high in the plastered walls , and told me what they had originally been used for . |
| 4 | It has increasingly been used for technical as well as valuation issues , and for dispute resolution . |
| 5 | It has never been used for that purpose , although Sir Anthony Eden contemplated invoking it for government propaganda during the Suez crisis , and during the Falklands recapture it provided the legal basis for the Government 's use of BBC transmitters on Ascension Island to beam propaganda broadcasts at Argentina . |
| 6 | It had traditionally been used for stores and dressing . |
| 7 | The Liverpool Street dungeon was known , incongruously , as the gymnasium , presumably in memory of its intended purpose , though it had long been used for general storage . |
| 8 | In the big front room the flags were as good as new — no wear at all — and Hannah told me it had only been used for funerals and pig-killings . |
| 9 | He had never been used for a hit , and it was unlikely that he could get from Moscow to Tbilisi anyway . |