Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] used [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These tough animals , who live on the moors year round , were once used extensively in the coal mines . |
| 2 | Ice-houses in Britain date from the seventeenth century , and many of the great houses had private ice-houses built in their grounds before the advent of refrigeration — some were still used well into the present century . |
| 3 | This contrasts with the normality ratings obtained from Study 3 which were clearly used differently in the new context . |
| 4 | Any patient characteristics which gave a p value of ≤0.1 or less were then used together in a multifactorial model in an analysis of variance with each index of oesophageal function being the dependent variable . |
| 5 | It is interesting to note on the old maps how many bridlepaths and footpaths radiate from the mill — it was obviously used constantly by the farmers of the area . |
| 6 | From southern Europe , and naturalized in Iran , northern India and similar areas , orris root was once used medicinally as a purgative . |
| 7 | Shortly after the First World War , the mill ceased operating commercially , although it is said locally , that it was still used occasionally for the production of animal feed . |
| 8 | This system was also used later by the Metropolitaine in Paris . |
| 9 | ( Prior to World War I , where gas had been available for cooking , it was often used only for the Sunday dinner . ) |
| 10 | Its coat is light brown-red , fawn or yellowish , with no white and , like other upland breeds , it was originally used also as a draught animal . |
| 11 | So here they were , on the first floor of the old lodge , which was now used just as a bothy . |
| 12 | No one really knows its origins but it was certainly used therapeutically by the Ancient Egyptians , the Greeks and the Romans . |