Example sentences of "[pers pn] be be used [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not being paid was n't a problem ; what was however was that I was being used for the donkey work without any consultation on the artistic side of it , And that was important to me . |
| 2 | A very mysterious , nasty record , and one that asks whether we 're being used by the powers-that-be by going out raving on E every night instead of overthrowing the rich . |
| 3 | They are being used as the ‘ guinea pigs ’ of inner space exploration ! |
| 4 | Here they are being used as the main character in a popular advert . |
| 5 | A less common type is some act or omission of the seller u nder the contract which lays the buyer open to legal action from third parties ( for instance because goods which have been negligently manufactured injure a third party while they are being used by the buyer ) . |
| 6 | Although the general tenor of the Radcliffe Report cast some doubt on the strength of monetary methods of control — at least in the way they were being used at the time — monetary and fiscal instruments of control continued to be used to regulate the economy . |
| 7 | We have n't seen an enormous amount of Ecstasy , but we are aware that it 's being used in the region . ’ |
| 8 | In University libraries this is well understood , and there are often systems that allow the librarian to know when a book is not on its shelf because it is being used in the library . |
| 9 | The case of the Granada is different as it is being used in the business exclusively and giving the business some benefit . |
| 10 | It is being used in the acute phase of a tendon injury and it seems to reduce inflammation and reduce the detrimental effects of swelling after an injury . |