Example sentences of "[pron] was [adv] use for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sykes 's system , which was also used for interlocking railway swing bridges across rivers , was applied widely in Britain and in the USA , Russia , and Japan . |
| 2 | Richardson was the inventor of the cane-spliced cricket bat and a catapult for bowling which was successfully used for many years . |
| 3 | Erm and a little siding by the er track to accommodate erm a loco which was largely used for er coaling purposes , of the locomotive . |
| 4 | A copper based alloy including tin which was originally used for casting cannons . |
| 5 | Built in 1870 by Palmerston to ward off the French , this circular granite and steel stronghold which was never used for its original purpose , rises sheer from the sea bed , and has been converted into a James Bond style multi-millionaire 's private residence . |
| 6 | The Volkswagen Passat was about as glamorous as a visit to the supermarket , which was what it was principally used for . |
| 7 | It is likely that it was originally for wool drying , although there is a local tradition that it was also used for the drying of teazles , imported from Somerset , hence its local name of the Teazel Tower . |
| 8 | No doubt it was also used for pasture , either in rotation with arable or when areas were abandoned from arable cultivation . |
| 9 | A spokesman for the centre said : ‘ We were extremely disappointed to lose the karaoke machine because it was also used for our bingo calling . ’ |
| 10 | Strangely , it was later used for the first city telegraph ! |
| 11 | Other ideas include mixing straw with sewage to make compost , which is being tried out at sewage works near Oxford and using it to make paper , which it was widely used for until the 40s . |
| 12 | The tops of ling heather ( Calluna vulgaris ) , produce yet another shade of yellow dye when boiled in water , and in fact that entire plant is wonderfully versatile : it was commonly used for thatching houses , and even today the few Highland thatchers that remain will swear it is the best thatch in Gaeldom ; it provided beds to sleep on , with the ‘ tops up and roots down ’ arrangement of the mattress assuring a pleasantly aromatic and sound sleep ; it was used in part of the process of tanning leather ; and the fresh , young tops of the heather were ( and at times still are ) brewed into a kind of ale . |
| 13 | It was sometimes used for emergencies but it was mainly a hospital for old people . |
| 14 | In the past it was much used for teapots , milk jugs and other forms of tableware . |
| 15 | It is a hangover from those long gone days when it was actually used for darning socks ! |
| 16 | It was still used for images of private citizens , though some very important officials and foreign clients of Augustus based their images upon that of the emperor . |
| 17 | He figured that the women in those shops were too innocent to know what it was really used for . |
| 18 | There was a dining-table in there but it was never used for eating from . |
| 19 | It was originally used for prisoners waiting to be deported to Australia , and it also housed the infamous Crippen and Christie who were both hanged and buried there . |