Example sentences of "[vb past] [been] use [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the Gentiles to receive the word of God , at this point in history , was a truly extraordinary thing to happen in the eyes of those who had been used to years of prejudice against the Gentiles . |
| 2 | He suggested that , given the nature of the wounds , it seemed that knuckledusters and razors had been used on members of the public . |
| 3 | The established main roads that had been used for traffic between the medieval towns , and had made their own width with the usage of centuries , were generally left untouched by any parish awards . |
| 4 | The motif was most probably introduced into Persia from China — where it had been used for centuries as a symbol of peace and tranquillity — and has subsequently been adapted to fulfil both the schematic and symbolic requirements of Islamic weavers . |
| 5 | He illustrated this by describing how alkaloids had been used as poisons since Roman times ( murder ) , through the discovery of the pain killing effects of morphine ( medicine ) and finally the hallucinogenic activity of LSD ( magic ) . |
| 6 | Mr. Tony Favell , supported by Mr. David Harris , presented a Bill to remove from registers of common land and registers of town or village greens dwellinghouses registered under the Commons Registration Act 1965 which had been used as dwellinghouses for a minimum of twenty years immediately prior to the commencement of that Act ; and for purposes connected therewith : And the same was read the First time ; and ordered to be read a Second time on Friday 24 February and to be printed . |
| 7 | If the WGMS had been used in Britain in 1987 it would have been put to an exacting test in the South-East ( regarded in this context as one of the nine officially defined standard regions of England ) . |
| 8 | Bargaining had evolved in such a way that very few of the Conservative reforms had been used by employers in day-to-day negotiations , he said . |
| 9 | Garotting gangs were said to work in threes — a ‘ front stall ’ and a ‘ back-stall ’ who acted is look-outs — and a ‘ nasty ’ man' who moved in from the rear : hug on' had been used by guards in the convict hulks in order to subdue troublesome prisoners , and that this was where the original garotting gangs had learned the art . |
| 10 | The class continued throughout the war and into the post-war years , with Molly , Edith and Peggy as teachers , and any number and variety of halls as venue , one of which had been used by Pavolva for practice . |