Example sentences of "used [prep] the past [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peat moorland , especially at low altitude , was used in the past for cultivation , normally potatoes but sometimes cereals . |
| 2 | Caves behind the houses used in the past for storage , cooking and as air raid shelters are now part of the museum . |
| 3 | Pewter with a high lead content unsuitably used in the past for food vessels ( ! ) . |
| 4 | Cos you have erm is normally four , four , sorry tenth and eleventh years in sixth formers , and they 've also got a subject choice section as well , which I have used in the past for ninth years and it wa , it just got them thinking about things in a completely different way from what we , they 've ever done |
| 5 | It would be used in the past as a sign that someone had died . |
| 6 | ‘ We have seen the option of ‘ further use ’ being used in the past as a gateway to all sorts of possible bad and environmentally unfriendly methods of disposal and we want that loophole closed ’ . |
| 7 | Exhibition area in foyer of the Centre , which has been well used in the past by CEDC , and which has the advantage of being open on Saturdays . |
| 8 | And intelligence reports suggest that the UDA now has a ‘ significant ’ quantity of powerful Czech-made Semtex explosive , used in the past by the IRA . |
| 9 | Many of Dalton 's circles had been used in the past in alchemy or pharmacy with one or more meanings , very different from that of one atom of a chemical element which Dalton meant them to represent . |