Example sentences of "[pron] used [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | His violence towards them might even be deemed no more than a Satanic desire to get them used to the notion of reigning in Hell rather than serving in Heaven . |
2 | The first lesson is one in humility , getting you used to the ball being more often on the ground than in the air . |
3 | Think back to the stuff we did on memory , a little and often is a good way of trying to remember things Okay , it 's useful if you 've covered topic areas to actually think about writing essays about questions that you think about to get you used to the style and time s scale of actually dealing with exams . |
4 | Well the first few levels are just to get you used to the game , but , the other 100 levels will test you to your limit with the addition of elevators , boiling acid , lasers , lava acid and anti-grav . |
5 | However , with the immediate advent of the war , BOAC never had a chance to establish commercial operations on any scale , and quickly found itself used by the Air Ministry ( its overseeing body , also in control of the Royal Air Force ) for military transport duties and ferry and communication services . |
6 | This volume identifier must be the one used with the VMS INITIALIZE command and must not be changed thereafter . |