Example sentences of "[vb past] used [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He does he agrees w I said to him I 'd , I 'd used some hair thickening shampoo , yeah ? |
| 2 | ‘ When we got that first call from the company , we thought they were going to sue us because we 'd used some samples on a record without clearing them , ’ laughs Geoff . |
| 3 | The man had n't grouted the tiles in properly he 'd used some sort of rough old cement and the water was just going through and staying there ! |
| 4 | In an analysis of the 1987 accounts of 470 banks the Commission had found that the three major banks had used such reserves to cover up losses , and that 46 out of 65 banks , which in fact made a loss in 1987 , had reported profits . |
| 5 | I laughed at the times people had used that sentence to me . |
| 6 | Before we did , no one had used that door for years . |
| 7 | He was so close that Polly could feel his body warmth and smell the soap he had used that morning . |
| 8 | I was ill , but he did n't know actually that I had used that method . |
| 9 | He had used another word of power . |
| 10 | In their defence , administration officials reply that if they had used more force — for example , to block a third road used by Noriega 's reinforcements -there would have been an unacceptable risk to American troops and Panamanian civilians . |
| 11 | The plaintiffs contended that their business plan was confidential , that the items of information relied upon were sufficiently confidential to be protectable after termination of the defendants ' employment and that it could be inferred that the defendants had used those items by virtue of alleged similarity between figures appearing in the respective business plans . |
| 12 | Her enormous grey eyes ( they would have been rather striking if only she had used some make-up ) were staring at him with the expression of a trapped rabbit . |
| 13 | Almost half had used some training units , but from our observations it was clear that the guidelines for use were rarely followed closely . |
| 14 | Suppose one of them had used this knife onm me ? |
| 15 | She had n't realised that Elise had used this space for storing things which were n't often needed . |
| 16 | It is highly significant that he had used this expression in a letter written from the conclave to a friend , Giuseppe Piazza , the Bishop of Bergamo : ‘ My soul finds comfort in the thought that a new Pentecost can blow through the Church , renewing its head , leading to a new ordering of the ecclesiastical body and bringing fresh vigour in the journey towards truth , goodness and peace ’ ( Capovilla , 1978b , p. 47 ) . |
| 17 | The EPLF claimed that the government had used this lull in the fighting to build up its military strength . |
| 18 | Obviously the men who had used this room over the years had tried to flick their cigarettes into the hearth from the bed , and the majority had missed . |
| 19 | Empty bottles and beer-cans littered the tunnel floor : other people , it seemed , had used this place as a shelter . |
| 20 | Yet if the density of her father 's silence spoke true , then Madcap Agnew had used this place to make of that mystery something vile indeed . |
| 21 | This was the first time he had used this mechanism to force through legislation rejected by parliament , and the ANC warned that it would nullify the legislation if it gained political power . |