Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] use " in BNC.
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1 | Instead , she chose to visit the bleak northeast coastline , where she used the restoring — but freezing — waters of the sea to ease her pain ! |
2 | ( a ) some poems by Emily Dickinson , which you analyse ; ( b ) a bibliography ( list of books and articles ) , to find out what has been written by and on this poet ; ( c ) one or more critical articles on Emily Dickinson ; ( d ) a biography of the writer ; ( e ) a dictionary of symbolism , to look up some of the symbols she uses ; ( f ) a concordance to the works of Emily Dickinson ( this is a list of all the words she used , and where she used them ) . |
3 | The algebraist is , however , little interested in what the integers are ; he is mainly interested in the fact that these integers , whatever they may be , are added and multiplied together , two at a time , according to the following axioms ( where we use the symbol " . " |
4 | These originated in Northern Italy , where the pasta is traditionally flat and where they use a lot more egg and cream in their cooking . |
5 | It was claimed in 1721 that more than 7,000 journeymen had : … lately entered into a combination to raise their wages , and leave off working an hour sooner than they used to do ; and for the better carrying on their design , have subscribed their respective names in books … at the several houses of call or resort ( being public houses in and about London ) where they use ; and collect several considerable sums of money to defend any prosecutions against them . |
6 | Scott Cunningham has developed the practice of magical aromatherapy , where he uses these natural aromas for effects such as stimulation of the mind , protection , purification and psychic awareness , thereby attaining what might be called magical states of consciousness . |
7 | However , it is as an active patron of architecture that Hope is best known , where he used his immense wealth to provide the tangible realization of his Gothic aspirations . |
8 | For example where he used production of ammonia , we have relied on production of CO 2 as the measurement of glutamine metabolism . |
9 | It works especially well with HP LaserJets , where it uses data compression and print optimization to increase the speed . |
10 | where it uses in relation to the previous authorities the words ‘ the principal debtor acted as the agent of the creditor in obtaining a security ’ to relate to any formal contractual agency or agency by ostensible authority but was rather another way of saying ‘ they left it to the debtor to obtain the execution of the necessary documents . ’ |
11 | The Gartner Group 's bandwagon came to the UK recently , where it used a conference in London — Open Systems : A Mix of Myth and Reality — for the launch of its latest consultancy package , the Open Systems Service . |
12 | Thus , although I use the present tense , the physical organization of communities and the economic organization that I discuss are more relevant to the pre-1970 period . |
13 | Although the garden is not arranged to a precise colour scheme , Connie has strong views on colour , ‘ I ca n't be doing with strong , deep reds so I use them only in moderation . ’ |
14 | ‘ By the end of a show my fingers are pretty loose and I feel pretty good , so I use the opportunity to go to my hotel room and play some more . |
15 | ‘ So I used a rusty tyre lever and a mallet , and I 'm sorry about your woodwork . ’ |
16 | The lighting was kept as simple as possible , so I used either flash — a single soft box overhead — or tungsten , using a 2K spot — again , overhead , and a 500w fresnel for the background . |
17 | The TPC charts do not show civil airspace , so I used an Aerad radio-navigation chart to mark the boundaries of regulated airspace and nav-aid frequencies . |
18 | Having chosen the frame , I wanted a plain light background that would clearly show off the design , so I used a fairly heavy cream fabric — very often I avoid white backgrounds as the contrast with the flowers is too stark and harsh . |
19 | I did not want to hurt his feelings by saying I would manage far quicker alone , so I used an equally true reason for refusing his offer . |
20 | Compasses capable of drawing arcs of this size are rare , so I used a thin strip of 7x1mm mahogany I had left over from some modelling , it 's available at most model shops and is excellent stuff , if a trifle expensive . |
21 | By now I was extremely hungry , so I used sign language to beg the official for food . |
22 | Sadly , I failed daily to get any of the pilots to use the Link , so I used the periods myself and , in time , overcame my shortcomings in bad-weather flying , I am convinced to this day that those stolen trips in the Link could well have prolonged my flying life in later years . |
23 | Alan , who works for BT in the city centre , explained : ‘ I could not get into my normal parking spot and was in a rush for a meeting at work , so I used a meter at the Pier Head . |
24 | Once I used a gun to shoot a wild animal . |
25 | Maynard ( 1981 : 124 ) seems to suggest that -wa marks topic , although she uses the term ‘ theme ’ : |
26 | Although she uses the base form of the verb to indicate past tense as in JC , she does not do it consistently : she also uses several morphologically distinct past tense forms . |
27 | I asked if she had made a separate tension swatch for the stocking stitch , to which she replied yes and that although she used stitch size 7 for the Fair Isle and 5.2 for the stocking stitch , it had matched exactly ( ? ) . |
28 | The subject of Ireland was banned in her house ; she employed no Irish servants , imported no Irish goods — although she used Irish girls in her brothels — allowed no Irish books or papers into her house . |
29 | that 's right much more powder than you use |
30 | Approximately one third of you feel a lot more worried about your safety than you used to and would never walk home alone in the dark , while a quarter never use public transport after dark . |