Example sentences of "[adv] use [pron] [noun] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People often use their personalities as an excuse not to bother to take responsibility for their own behaviour . |
| 2 | She has very definite ideas on , and devotes two chapters to healthy eating and sensible weight control , which are applicable to anyone and discusses such thought provoking lines as ‘ Do you use foods to nourish your body every day or do you simply use your body as a rubbish bin for whatever food you find about in the kitchen ? ’ |
| 3 | But they advise sparing use of such melodramatic tactics ‘ unless you think you can consistently use your reputation as a high-strung hysteric to your advantage ’ . |
| 4 | Well erm , children , people with children who do n't know how to behave , or , or at least use your house as a sort of running ground , erm , not living in London , er , er , I have lots of guests that come from London , sort of using it as , as much as one would exercise dogs , and , and let their children r run , like round the house , and then er , I 'm sort of saying things like , oh you 're , you 're very , very sensible not to have decorated until after your son 's older . |
| 5 | She also reestablished a fairly active social life in the evenings , again using her mother as a babysitter . |
| 6 | Some people find that it 's asking a lot of them to actually use their friendship as a part of their work . |