Example sentences of "[vb past] use [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I began combing my hair , wondering if I dared use the peroxide . |
| 2 | ‘ I did use a towel and left the conditioner on for about 6 minutes . |
| 3 | This worked as a part of the discourse he was involved in ( the interview ) even if he did use a grammatical construction which might well have got a red line through it if he had written it as part of a school essay . |
| 4 | In fact , I now know of three occasions when he did use a double . ’ |
| 5 | Despite the obstructions it was clear that aircraft did use the runway , for it was marked by the black rubber streaks of fresh tyre marks , but the two trucks , together with the yellow cross , were evidence that the runway could only be used by invitation . |
| 6 | But he did use the gift of encouragement did n't he ? |
| 7 | He was advised that if he did use the vehicle he and his employers may be liable to prosecution . |
| 8 | Subsequently he did leave and did use the list . |
| 9 | He describes this period of work as one of , of terrible strain , it was also a period in which he was personally very unhappy , and I get the impression that he really did use the best of his mind on this problem , and that for the rest of his life he found it difficult to press his thinking home with the kind of ruthlessness that many of the problems that he then assumed required . |