Example sentences of "use a [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They used a two-stage process to test the APT . |
| 2 | Mick Dunne landed three weighing 3lb 14ozs , 3lbs and 2lbs on a Bibio , and Mick Yeats and Sean Morgan each used a Black Pennell to take trout of 3lb 4ozs and 3lb 12ozs respectively . |
| 3 | We used a black chemical to start with but in order to that to help that we needed some heat . |
| 4 | I picked up a number 8 brush and with bluey brown paint I drew the windows , and used a rough line to tell me where the plant at the front was . |
| 5 | La Guardia , a Republican , used a cross-party platform to break the power of the Democrats ' Tammany Hall machine . |
| 6 | ‘ We used a half-silvered mirror to achieve a very tricky shot indeed . |
| 7 | The woman used a spare key to open the back door , retrieved the telephone and called the police who arrested Smith the next day . |
| 8 | A COMPLETE confidence trickster 's set was discovered in the van of a man who allegedly used a second identity to defraud a bank of thousands of pounds , a court heard . |
| 9 | Ram-raiders used a stolen van to break into the Wineways store in Edgehill Road , Scarborough , just two months ago after bollards had been erected at the store to prevent such attacks . |
| 10 | Police are hunting thieves who used a stolen car to ram a food store in Buddle Road , Newcastle . |
| 11 | The raid happened at the Chester Saddlery in Boughton , Chester , where the thieves used a stolen car to break open the store 's front door . |
| 12 | The designer was Margaret Kaye , who had just had an exhibition of collages made with fabric , and she used a similar technique to try to provide the mixture of fantasy and realism needed to match the ballet . |
| 13 | Within minutes of the law 's enactment , the American Civil Liberties Union used a federal court to block its enforcement until its constitutionality could be determined . |
| 14 | She kindly said she would , but we both used a spiritual eraser to delete that particular phrase . |
| 15 | Dramatic-looking black gravel can be hard to come by , so we used a small amount to cover a thick layer of ordinary gravel for the undergravel filter . |
| 16 | NEO-NAZI thugs used a broken bottle to carve a swastika on the face of a 14-year-girl who refused to join their gang . |
| 17 | He used a silver-topped cane to assist him to the dining-room . |
| 18 | The baiters then used a hand-held detector to trace the movements underground . |
| 19 | It was his first win in the league and came from a peg at Waverton , where he used a loaded waggler to drag his bit along the far bank and catch quality roach to eight ounces . |
| 20 | She then used a no-arbitrage condition to introduce future prices . |
| 21 | After he 'd booked his Brussels flight he used a public phone to call Stieber , his Chief of Security , in Threadneedle Street . |
| 22 | I used a grey yarn to embroider the body and antennae . |
| 23 | One businessman had to take a week off work after scrap dealers used a nearby plot to burn insulation from copper cable . |
| 24 | After the catheter placement , we used a radioactive marker to delineate the catheter position and recording sites . |
| 25 | Hitman Paul Buxton , 42 , who used a rolling pin to bludgeon father-of-three Tony Hendley to death , was also jailed for life . |
| 26 | A former army captain , Jane Turpin , used a fake CV to get a top secretarial job at Europarks where she photocopied documents and sent regular reports about the company and its personnel to Layton via Hewitt . |
| 27 | Kolchinsky used a miniature transmitter to activate the door . |
| 28 | A little later we used a Lecher-wire system to determine the wavelength at 9.8 cm . |
| 29 | Relaxed and expansive in his office , explained how he used a local policeman to obtain details from 's criminal record on the police national computer . |
| 30 | He used a filthy trick to defeat the Executioner . |