Example sentences of "[adv] use [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was shortly after this that her mother approached her and in a voice that she rarely used to her , she said , ‘ Agnes , I … |
| 2 | ‘ I rarely used to Hasselblad . |
| 3 | It would be tedious to list the types and colours of stone , ceramic etc. used at each site in Britain ; if any picture at all emerges it is that mosaicists made good with what was easily obtained , and that the types of stone used for various shades of colour are predictable and limited in number . |
| 4 | Lily bulbs benefit from improved drainage and need cool roots , so using as spot plantings amongst other perennial plants and shrubs is ideal . |
| 5 | But I probably only used about five guitars in total . |
| 6 | A group of American housewives discussed how they combined an exercise routine with everyday living and one recommended her method of keeping a pan which she constantly used on a high shelf , so that she did plenty of stretching every day . |
| 7 | For his part the Prince had no intention of using his own money — he had better uses for it — and so things remained as they were . |
| 8 | And they had better uses for their money than to sit here drinking with Colin and his latest tart who had opened her legs to half Norwich , if rumour were to be believed . |
| 9 | If , on the other hand , the means are conceived as really or probably existing , then the speaker feels that there is something real occupying a before-position with respect to the infinitive 's event , and so uses to , as in ( 37 ) and ( 38 ) above . |
| 10 | The sentence He was seen to walk away , on the other hand , seems to reformulate passively the content of Somebody saw him walk away , with see being apparently used in its perceptual sense in both the active and the passive constructions . |
| 11 | This was an additional trimming to the single horse-mowing machines ( 3ft. –4ft wide ) which were daily used on the course by the club 's own employees . |
| 12 | They are thus forced to extend the area of cultivation on to land hitherto used by pastoralists for seasonal grazing . |
| 13 | It is generally , therefore , only used on scrupulously clean surfaces when the usual concentration is 200 parts per million available chlorine . |
| 14 | The top shelf was reserved for one of Mum 's wedding presents , a floral decorated bone china tea service , only used on very special occasions , which we all treated with great respect . |
| 15 | Simple quilting or through stitching is only used on cheaper bags which are intended for summer use only . |
| 16 | This technique can only be applied in bold , relatively thick outlines , and is therefore only used on items which employ reasonably simple designs . |
| 17 | ‘ Well , they investigated , and apparently it was quite easy , because it was a very distinctive typeface , which they 'd only used on one machine . |
| 18 | Are they going to be your serviceable everyday sets or only used on special occasions ? |
| 19 | He was sub on 20 occasions , but was only used on 11 of them . |
| 20 | And why use 15 when you are well aware that room is only used at night when the department is crowded ? ’ |
| 21 | The top two semitones , B ♯ and C are , however , rather difficult to produce and should only used at the end of an upward-rushing ff scale . |
| 22 | Some of the parameters are only used at . |
| 23 | This produced a defensive posture at the gateway to the system : admission was to be avoided if at all possible , and only used as a ‘ last resort ’ . |
| 24 | For products that are expensive and only used sporadically an unattractive product may be chosen if it has an exceptional performance as its handling characteristics will ensure that it is only used as a last resort and not used casually when other cheaper products would suffice . |
| 25 | Aircraft landing at LG 05 were seen and a recce of LG 121 confirmed that it was only used as a decoy at night . |
| 26 | It is only used as a pattern for understanding the organisation of terrace life for young supporters . |
| 27 | As for the famous stinging tail , it 's only used as a last resort . |
| 28 | Flogging was only used as a judicial punishment in a handful of cases each year throughout the 1920s and 1930s , and the birching of young boys ' bottoms was also passing out of favour . |
| 29 | A similarly failed road , at least to the west of Bicester , is the Roman Akeman Street which is only used as a modern road in short sections . |
| 30 | It was not only used as a condiment , but was also the chief preservative of a large range of foodstuffs such as meat and fish , and in the preparation of skins and leather . |