Example sentences of "[be] used [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The blade had been used flat .
2 If SI units had been used results would have had to have been reported by height , age , and sex separately and the sample size would have been too small for useful analysis .
3 Although you have to cart the cylinder around with you , there is a bonus in that a blowtorch can be used upside down to get under a pipe which is being fitted in situ ; turning a cartridge-fed blowlamp upside down can cause problems as it will flare .
4 For ( a ) the following bleomycin concentrations were used a ) control , no antibiotic .
5 The girls enjoy it , but it 's not what she 's used to.t
6 However , in Alcine , Act 5 , scenes 2–3 , with the entry of Melissa , the deus ex machina whose magic power is greater than Alcina 's , and who rescues the lovers Astophus and Melanie in the nick of time , an exceptional progression is used D major to F major .
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