Example sentences of "used [to-vb] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Petrol bombs were used to try to set the place alight . |
| 2 | A machine like this employing a beam of radiation was used to try to destroy the tumours . |
| 3 | Additional yaw will also occur if the ailerons are used to try to stop the dropping wing because of the extra aileron drag . |
| 4 | They have been used to try to solve the problem of general properties or universals . |
| 5 | It was held that the very considerable force — the defendants injured four policemen — used to try to prevent the police from entering was justified . |
| 6 | Certainly , the Navy was ordered to blockade the Straits of Gibraltar but , otherwise , merely bureaucratic measures were used to try to bring the rebels to heel . |
| 7 | ‘ Music — if it is the RIGHT music — is perhaps the most important of all the means used to help to teach the art of moving well . |