Example sentences of "use [pron] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were using me as a guinea-pig to investigate the hourly variation in mental efficiency of those with irregular sleeping patterns , such as airline pilots or globe-trotting diplomats . |
| 2 | ‘ So you were using me as a stud , min kaere . |
| 3 | ‘ Damn it , Kathleen , do n't you go using me as a shield . |
| 4 | ‘ I am not the bravest of men , I 'll be honest I did not like Sir Ralph using me as a page boy but he distrusted the others . ’ |
| 5 | I had no idea she was using me for a purpose of her own : I was too naive to realise until it dawned on me what it was , a few weeks later . |
| 6 | Note how they sometimes walk with their tails up in the air , probably using them as a flag for signalling to others in the group when on the move through undergrowth . |
| 7 | For me , too , it seems allied with giving the fundamental grief and despair room and expression , using them as a kind of necessary ballast but not taking so much of them on board that they swamp the vessel . |
| 8 | There are amoebae which gather sandgrains of particular sizes — a process clearly requiring a selection procedure , an instinctive ability to make decisions — using them as a protective outer layer . |
| 9 | Stirling Cooper 's Annalise Kjaer unpicked the body sleeves , using them as a pattern for new ones in black lace . |
| 10 | Some skip the tight fantastic by using them as a jumping rope , others wear them as a scarf or string them up in the garden as a washing line . |
| 11 | India could develop test-tube fusion cells , using them as a source of neutrons to make weapons grade materials , breaking out of the stranglehold that the USA has held them in since severance of nuclear ties following the Pokran nuclear test in 1974 ; they set to work at once before the US classifies it as secret and corners the world market on the essential materials . |
| 12 | It is difficult to believe that , among the tumult in the cave , either mother or baby would be able to recognise one another 's voices , but bats are famous for their skill in disentangling the echoes of their high-frequency squeaks and using them as a way of navigating . |
| 13 | You know I 'll watch them and think maybe I 'd like to do that but not , not , you know , judging , not sort of using them as a kind of measure stick you know to judge everybody by . |
| 14 | Detectives believe terror gangs have been renting flats in London and the Midlands using them as a base for operations and then moving on . |
| 15 | If you have gas or coal fires , and can avoid using them for a while , it would be a useful addition to this list . |
| 16 | The modern world has discovered that citrus fruits are rich in vitamin C — and has started using them in a big way for cooking . |
| 17 | In many cases pupils at Key Stage 2 will use the same kinds of resources as were used at Key Stage 1 , though they will be using them in a more sophisticated way . |
| 18 | As well as discussing experiences and problems in handling microcomputers , the group looked at programs available and experimented with using them in a variety of ways . |
| 19 | John trained frantically hard with press-ups to increase his strength and , as Pamela Chrimes described it , ‘ used me as a dumbbell until he could cope ’ . |
| 20 | After a time they used me as a courier : everybody else on the staff thought they were being watched . |
| 21 | She was a somewhat intense woman who probably rather enjoyed such gatherings , but I 've often wondered if she secretly used them as a ruse to get her husband home to mind the little one while she nipped out for a breather . |
| 22 | probably the men who worked in the cisterns used them as a means of travelling from one side of the cavern to the other . |
| 23 | Dougal picked them up and used them as a lever . |
| 24 | Perhaps she had heard our voices and used them as an excuse to break away from Henry Clerval . |
| 25 | He must have felt it and he must have suffered afterwards from it I would imagine , but he had , he had those qualifications , he had those abilities and he used them for a . |
| 26 | When the eight- and ten-year-olds did produce causal connectives , they used them in a way appropriate to the deductive mode , by using because to introduce evidence and so to introduce a conclusion . |
| 27 | And this week the Government used them in an attempt to ‘ rehabilitate ’ sex scandal Minister David Mellor . |
| 28 | But with the memory of this three-quarter-length in mind , the Daily Sketch critic repeated a remark made fifteen years before : ‘ The self-portrait has the melancholy expression Minton invariably gave his features when he used himself as a model . |
| 29 | From the first , he used himself as an open laboratory . |
| 30 | For , if he used her as a model , she used him as good copy . |