Example sentences of "use [pers pn] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1982:Ch. 3 ) , but there was no possibility of using them as the basis for a reorganised local government structure . |
| 2 | Where this is the case , some teachers experiment with ways of collecting examples of lectures and using them as the basis for the language lesson . |
| 3 | Oh goodness I do n't think , I think they stopped using them during the war and I cr see that used to be like the gasworks , the gasworks you always used to have clogs , they used to have wooden soles , did the gasworks and then they used to have erm like a steel bar underneath or round the sole |
| 4 | There was a spare one lying around We 'd finished u er stopped using them during the war some time during the war . |
| 5 | They also really used me over the T-shirts which got them busted — and persuaded them to change the shop name from Sex to Seditionaries . |
| 6 | The Roman defences were still in place , and the Normans used them as the foundations of their medieval fortress . |
| 7 | These have long been associated with the arch-priest of uniformitarianism , Charles Lyell , who used them as the frontispiece of his great proselytising work " Principles of Geology " . |
| 8 | It would appear from investigations that this government in nineteen eighty four did a deal with the E E C to close down shipyards in future years , for which they received millions of pounds from E E C funds , and they never used them for the purposes they were supposed to be used for . |
| 9 | These pairs are alphabetically listed and linked to the name of any author who used them in the title of the article that he wrote . |
| 10 | The guerrillas had allegedly smuggled explosives and weapons , including Soviet Katyusha missiles , into Jordan and used them in the attacks . |
| 11 | Few people used it during the day and those who were there when Wickham entered appeared not to notice him . |
| 12 | He and Donna used it during the summer , making frequent weekend trips ; Ward himself had written at least two books there . |
| 13 | They used it of the sun , did n't they ? |
| 14 | Scott was so pleased with the style he had evolved at Battersea , a treatment that humanised industrial forms without denying their function , that he also used it on the Guinness Factory at Park Royal , west London . |
| 15 | We used it on the ship , to keep the chickens ' food in . |
| 16 | Miss Menzies had filled it with petrol on the Friday afternoon and used it on the Monday morning . |
| 17 | I always used it on the tongue or used dexies and black bombers , y'know , swallowed pills and things . |
| 18 | Very probably he gave Arp the drawing , who used it with the artist 's consent . |
| 19 | I liked it so much that I used it for the show and played the hell out of it , it sounded so good . |
| 20 | ‘ A pastor I knew used it as the basis of his final sermon , before facing his greatest fear . |
| 21 | Then after the the well there 's er the library as they called it was lined with books leather bound books great big kidney shaped oak table and beautiful chairs there and we used it as the office you know for the principal keeper did his returns and all the rest of it there . |
| 22 | She had plenty of wool , so kept the sleeve and used it as the material for her cushion . |
| 23 | In fact I had it for six months and I never did plug it into an amplifier ; I just used it in the dressing room . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Ferreters used it in the past . |
| 25 | This particular guitar is a bit of a video star ; Dave Stewart used it in the promo for The Eurythmics ' The City Never Sleeps . |
| 26 | Meisel helped launch Linda Evangelista on to the road to superstardom , and it was Von Unwerth who captured Claudia Schiffer 's sex kitten quality and used it in the Guess advertising campaign which made the model famous . |
| 27 | They have accepted us and used us for the furthering of the Kingdom here in Taquaral . |
| 28 | As in Between , the binary definitions on which structuralist theory is founded receive parodic treatment which voids them of their original function and uses them for the purpose of telling the tale(s) of the novel . |
| 29 | Paul uses it of the Spirit , without any indication of any outward sign . |
| 30 | This is used mainly for business but Fred also uses it in the evenings and at weekends for the family . |