Example sentences of "use [adv prt] [det] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We used up all of the flood plains before , so controlled flooding may not be the answer . |
| 2 | It is quite possible that the expansion of the social services may have used up some of the labour that could have been absorbed by the manufacturing sector but there was no scarcity of labour as such in the 1960s and 1970s . |
| 3 | That 's how much memory you had , to start with , three hundred and twenty thousand bytes and that 's how much you 've got left , two hundred and eight thousand bytes i if you 've got a spreadsheet in memory so it 's using up some of the memory . |
| 4 | Deciding to use up some of the time writing letters , Julia wondered how married women without either little children or work managed to fill their empty hours . |
| 5 | If it becomes obvious during the base leg or final turn that you are far too high to be able to get down in the chosen field , it is often possible to make an S-turn to use up some of the height . |
| 6 | Use up all in the fridge |
| 7 | So you 'll tend to find on most of your spreadsheets , it 's the formulae that use up most of the memory . |
| 8 | If you exercise more , you use up more of the energy from your food , so reducing your chances of putting on any additional weight . |