Example sentences of "was use [prep] [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moore said that the plutonium was used for civil purposes in the US . |
| 2 | 19E was delicensed on 17 February , but instead of being put into store like the others , it was painted plain red and fitted with primitive snow brooms , which were no more than boards with bristles attached , fitted in place of the lifeguard gates and it was used for sweeping snow in the Croydon area until 31 March 1937 . |
| 3 | A variety of tempers were used as additives to clays ; whether the choice was conscious or not has yet to be studied , although it has already been observed that the same clay was used with different tempers in certain places . |
| 4 | I was used to long-distance safety in my work , and in the past to many physical dangers , but never to this sort of risk . |
| 5 | Both works have slow movements of exquisite and radiant beauty ( that of K.467 was used to memorable effect in the film Elvira Madigan ) . |
| 6 | The tax was used by the ancient Greeks ; the levy of 1380 led to Wat Tyler 's rebellion in the Middle Ages ; and the tax was used by southern states in the United States to exclude black people from voting . |
| 7 | None the less , each Polaris boat carries more fire power than was used by both sides in the 1939-45 war . |
| 8 | If it was used in all refrigerators in the USA , carbon dioxide output would fall by 9 million tonnes , according to the EPA . |
| 9 | But that was the first case of that absolute determination which he was to use to great effect in the later films I did with him . ’ |