Example sentences of "[conj] use [pers pn] as [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Finding the optimum location is largely a matter of trial and error , but aim to place them where they can not be seen upside-down ( i.e. , with the top end facing a wall ) , or use them as wall-hangings .
2 Or , or use it as scrape .
3 At the end of it all , the journalists are free to report what they have been told without question , they may seek to check the information they have been given with other sources or use it as background on a later occasion .
4 At the beginning of the war with England the French crown , denied the use of the ports and coastline of Brittany and Aquitaine , had to witness the English army enjoying access to both , and using them as bastions on the continental mainland from which to launch attacks into territories ruled by the king of France .
5 With synthetic fabrics , it may be sufficient to just stop wearing them and using them as bedding for a while , to see if this is beneficial .
6 Damon kept rolling them up and using them as megaphones .
7 Ted peeled some sticks pulled from the hedge and used them as markers by which to guide his plough , in order to set his rigs .
8 Y342 billion by the Toyo Shinkin Bank , and used them as loan collateral .
9 and old industrial buildings that they 've just taken over and when there 's a crisis in the housing , the state takes over the schools and uses them as refugee centres
10 It is possible for a man to assemble a large number of these mystical phrases that move the mind and to use them as passports to the transcendent world .
11 As for the fieldworker 's position vis-à-vis informants , our concern is to account for this ( this can be seen as an extension of the notion of accountability to the data into the fieldwork phase ) and to use it as part of our method of data classification .
12 Sniffers may be able to exercise some control over their hallucinations and use them as part of group activities .
13 It is possible to identify times when there has been a good process of consultation and use them as examples .
14 From her knowledge of the continent she was able to give me useful information , advice , and travellers ' tips , and she suggested that I take with me a supply of those items which were in even shorter supply in France than in Britain , such as coffee and cigarettes , and use them as barter .
15 For example , you can put down hoops or ball cans in certain areas of the court and use them as targets .
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