Example sentences of "used [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1.7 Example ( 26 ) shows us the second and less common relation contributing to the unfolding of syntactic structures , which we shall call equation , adopting the obvious symbol to represent it : ( 26 ) Fitzpatrick , our neighbour , used to plant potatoes the subject exemplifies the basic pattern [ E = E ] , ( as does the underlined portion of ( 22 ) ) ; in more exact terms , what we have in this subject phrase is : As we have just remarked , equational phrases are rarer than phrases involving qualification ; and , among them , there is a very large disproportion in favour of equation between E and E , rather than between P and P. Nevertheless , the latter can be found ; two examples would be : ( 28 ) what I need is a cup of strong , dark coffee for a fast , convenient trip to the city , take the Skytram This is clearly not to say that strong and dark , or fast and convenient , are equivalent at the type level ; only that on some particular occasion of use , as here , they may be regarded by speaker , or copywriter , as equivalent . |
| 2 | Dibber Used to plant brassicas and to make holes to plant leeks . |
| 3 | All languages have grammatical structure but the details of the structure and the devices used to signal structure vary from language to language . |
| 4 | Moreover , many of the devices used to signal information status are common to both spoken and written language . |
| 5 | Pentamidine is another antibiotic used to treat PCP . |
| 6 | Although this organism does respond to treatment with certain antibiotics , it is , surprisingly , more sensitive to metronidazole , the anti-protozoal agent used to treat trichomonas . |
| 7 | In the past , from blood transfusion and products made from blood used to treat haemophilia . |
| 8 | FOUR OF Britain 's newest cobalt radiotherapy units , used to treat cancer patients , are temporarily out of action . |
| 9 | ACROSS 1 Give bad reviews to dumb show — he might be in this ( 9 ) 6 Old-time US lawyer and rocker ( 5 ) 9 Reversing of French vehicle went quickly ( 5 ) 10 Dynamic object contains fungus ( 9 ) 11 Main entrance where he went Up the third time ? ( 3,5 ) 12 Baldwin shortly takes on church position ( 6 ) 14 The man himself ( 7,6 ) 16 New sandpit from E. Europe used to treat shoes ( 4,3,6 ) 21 Gauges placing a thousand rows ( 6 ) 22 Seller hears another way to say in other words ( 8 ) 25 Phone round Esquire readers with article on things observed ( 9 ) 26 One lady posed as the one with tattoos ( 5 ) 27 Equipment in ship for sketches he 's appeared in ( 5 ) 28 One put her away immediately ( 9 ) |
| 10 | ELDERLY people who wake up too early can be helped to sleep longer by doses of artificial bright light currently used to treat jet-lag . |
| 11 | Sales of Zofran , the anti-emetic product introduced in March 1990 , were £120m , while Imigran , used to treat migraine , achieved sales of £13m . |
| 12 | The relationship between serotonin and depression was first realised 25 years ago when reserpine , a drug used to treat hypertension , was observed to deplete the brain of serotonin and cause severe depression in a considerable number of patients . |
| 13 | Some of the drugs used to treat allergy may have side-effects that involve the mind and behaviour . |
| 14 | Either sick , or just drunk , he was prescribed paraldehyde , a drug used to treat alcoholics with the DTs . |
| 15 | There was one fascinating lecture on chirality and organic synthesis including the design of Salbutamol , a drug used to treat asthma . |
| 16 | SPECIALIST equipment used to treat people with speech impediments has been stolen in a break-in at a Dumfries hospital . |
| 17 | Zomax , the trade name for zomepirac sodium , is one of some 20 similar drugs widely used to treat arthritis . |
| 18 | MD 's principal product is methylphenidate , a niche drug used to treat attention deficit disorder in children ( a condition that is barely recognised in the UK ) . |
| 19 | is it , ah , they used to be su , according to everyone he was such a so and so , he er , he 's , he used to be barmy , he was like the clo , close barmy man and he used to like chase people around with bricks and stuff and everyone used to hate him and like Julian and Andy used to beat him up all the time |
| 20 | Well a chain locker is where all the spare chain used to like coil up |
| 21 | They were but it , well it was an event , a big event in , in the , among the younger people anyway in Brooks in Willenhall then and er it was really lovely , really lovely I forget if we had to pay to go in , but er we had er we saved up for a good few weeks before , so that we would have some money to spend at the Wakes it was one of the an event of the year then , but erm I used to like Willenhall Wakes and er I used to go dancing a lot well I was allowed to go dancing cos I 've always loved singing and dancing you see and er I was allowed but I had to be home before my father got home , but I was n't always . |
| 22 | I did I used to like school |
| 23 | ‘ I always used to like Doctor Who , ’ he said . |
| 24 | They say they do n't like this , used to like nuts . |
| 25 | Now in this chapter , Capturing Animals he says that when he was young , before he ever started writing poems , he used to like animals , he used to like them dead as well as alive |
| 26 | At one point in episode three Blackeyes actually says ; ‘ Funny is n't it , I never used to like tea . ’ |
| 27 | For £49.99 , it comprises two tiny magnets used to stimulate energy flows through the body ; mineral salts from the Dead Sea to help eliminate cellulite and pep up your skin ; an aromatherapy oil ; a hand roller which stimulates pressure points on the hands ; vitamin tablets , and finally a body scrub sponge to exfoliate , boost circulation and help get rid of toxins . |
| 28 | By the early 1900s , the mill had been converted to a dower house , the water wheel used to grind bracken , etc , for the deer . |
| 29 | There are still a number of old millstones on the site , one of which is a French burr stone boasting ‘ Gloucester Millstone Manufactory ’ cast onto its balance boxes , as well as a well-worn monolithic stone probably used to grind animal feed . |
| 30 | There are still three old millstones surviving in the garden , two burr stones and one monolithic , the latter used to grind animal feed . |