Example sentences of "was using the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact he was using the Parsons-White string bender , the one where you pushed down the neck of the guitar and that moved a mechanism which raised the B-string by a tone , but I did n't have a clue about that . |
| 2 | I remember this fear quite distinctly as that of being swallowed up into some great emptiness : the struggle for individual identity , central to phenomenon of anorexia nervosa , had already begun , and already I was using the appropriate metaphor . |
| 3 | Suddenly , one of the organisers called my number , I had to take off my socks and shoes as you had to do the jump in bare feet and I had to go over to get weighed again on different scales to make sure I was using the correct cord ( they were very safety conscious about every aspect of the jump ) . |
| 4 | He was using the middle classes as a reference group ; aspiring to what he believed to be their values of ‘ honour ’ and ‘ duty ’ . |
| 5 | Yeah that 's cos he was using the allen key . |
| 6 | Unlike civilian frogmen , who use compressed air , Crabb was using the naval closed-circuit oxygen diving equipment which leaves no trail of tell-tale bubbles to disclose a diver 's presence . |
| 7 | Dexter was wary : he was using the banter to keep the man at a distance . |
| 8 | In fact Miss Phillips was using the subjunctive mood quite correctly ; compare ‘ I order that you be taken from this court … ’ or ‘ Lawyers have asked that the president not testify … ’ . |
| 9 | They closed on the knife blade , twisted it out of the man 's hand , and then he was using the whole false arm as a metal club slamming down on the upraised arms , jabbing for the face , forcing the man back step by step until the edge of the track was only one more step away . |
| 10 | He was using the past tense . |
| 11 | Now it was she who was using the past tense . |
| 12 | He was using the common coin of the judicial language which is frequently employed to remind the jury of their duty in a serious case and their Lordships do not consider that he overstepped the limits of his obligation to ensure a fair trial . |
| 13 | The young Intelligence sergeant , anonymous in the darkness behind the film projector , was using the white painted wall as a screen . |
| 14 | The first of these , Sea Change , was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 1948 and in an interview the author explained the way in which he was using the adventure-story genre : |
| 15 | He was using the cordless phone she and David had bought him last Christmas . |
| 16 | For the moment , anyway , he was using the old methods on the 7 December dummy . |