Example sentences of "had been used [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Report " art " had been used to legitimate a realm of cultural value in such a manner as to render it equally immune from state interference and democratic accountability . |
| 2 | What she had been used to see every month , postponed she had thought by the excitement , the travel . |
| 3 | Burun was sitting on a chest which had been used to carry the food , and his second wife , Kiku , whom men called the Regal Lily , was standing behind him dressing his hair while he admired himself in a hand-held mirror . |
| 4 | It had been used to stiffen an envelope posted from the Palace which contained photographs of other members of the Royal Family . |
| 5 | Long 's health had been deteriorating for years , but he had kept open his channels of communication ; like Law his influence was based on years of devotion to the interests of the party , and like Law 's that influence had been used to argue the case for coalition . |
| 6 | It was an extraordinary construction — for a garage , that is — on two floors which Nigel said had been used to dry the corn . |
| 7 | This one was in soft light green with a boxy shaped jacket and narrow skirt and the same green-and-white check material of the little sleeveless blouse had been used to line the jacket and face the wide reveres . |
| 8 | Detectives also found bales of dried herbal cannabis from a previous crop and believe the isolated spot had been used to produce the drug for up to a decade . |
| 9 | A security officer from a nearby building appeared with a piece of metal which possibly had been used to attack the meter . |
| 10 | Fire chiefs said petrol had been used to start the fire in Willenhall , West Midlands . |
| 11 | The tremendous amount of timber that had been used to construct the set had been donated , as had carpets and materials for curtains . |
| 12 | The electronic versions of these documents might be crucial if the historians wanted to understand how the documents were developed especially in those environments where cooperative work software or groupware had been used to enhance the performance of those producing documents . |
| 13 | For a second or two the expression of the Annamese.camp " boy " hardened as he stared at his employer , then he moved away from the peephole and began to busy himself cleaning the pots and pans that had been used to prepare the meal . |
| 14 | Today they were busy removing the bandage body stocking that had been used to help the wing to heal . |