Example sentences of "they [adv] used [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | They always used mandolins , and ukuleles too , and the ukuleles went from little ones through to eight-string ones and baritone ukuleles like big mandocellos , all related . |
2 | In the old Tarzan movies they used drums , and they also used natives and the warriors carried a stick , they called it a forked stick and it looks like the assembly might need a new set of forked sticks |
3 | They also used computer games to discover how chemicals are made . |
4 | They also used loudspeakers to address the pilgrims and collected thousands of signatures on a petition against mining from the crowd , estimated at over 40,000 . |
5 | They often used slate table tops for snooker in the old days . ’ |
6 | They even used phrases originally employed by the students themselves in informal conversation . |
7 | They never used lipstick . |
8 | They actually used words like ‘ barbarous ’ and ‘ despicable ’ . |
9 | The English fought on foot at Hastings , and although they certainly used horses for transport , they may normally have fought on foot ; Henry I 's knights at Tinchebrai in 1106 also dismounted , owing to the nature of the battlefield . |