Example sentences of "[pron] use [was/were] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The most expensive ingredient that I used was fresh tomatoes . |
| 2 | The watercolours I used were raw sienna , French ultramarine and Indian red , which produced a series of slate greys and browns to match the London brick . |
| 3 | Only the night she died , the bucket she used was full of oil , not water . ’ |
| 4 | These findings are consistent with the data of Simmonds et al although they used myeloperoxidase staining rather than measurement of myeloperoxidase activity , and the concentration of azide they used was 10-fold higher than concentrations that are believed to be specific for myeloperoxidase inhibition and thus may have been somewhat non-selective . |
| 5 | I think the word he used was irreplaceable , was n't it , Rob ? ’ |
| 6 | The Criminal Law Revision Committee disagreed , recommending that a verdict of manslaughter should be possible where the use of some force was justified by the occasion and where D honestly believed that the force he used was reasonable in the circumstances . |