Example sentences of "be used [prep] [art] time [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | The story of Jacob 's marriage to Leah and Rachel had also been used since the time of Augustine to symbolise these two ways of Christian living ; the fundamental activities necessary to the well-being of society being represented by Leah , contemplative knowledge of the love that is the ground for these activities by Rachel . |
2 | The Leicestershire farms had a considerable amount of land rented on short-term leases : this land was being used at the time of the survey but might not be available in future years . |
3 | The argument he used was still being used in the time from which I came , give or take a little rodomontade . |
4 | All were used at the time of the Edgar " Ordo " . |
5 | It is illustrated in an English manuscript of the 13th century , was used in the time of Gerard , and later by Culpeper , and altogether was so well-known and commonly used medicinally , that it was thought " but lost time and labour to describe it " . |