Example sentences of "use [pron] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 're using me as some sort of buffer between yourself and your feelings for Claire . |
| 2 | Now you know the rules , set a good example to other drivers by using them at all times ; who knows , they may even copy your driving style and do it right too ! |
| 3 | Parents may feel suspicious of these , or resentful , and will need help in using them to best advantage . |
| 4 | The leaflet accused the Moslem of kidnapping children and using them for ritual purposes . |
| 5 | Once again there are different ways in which such data are used , but all share the object of analysing the data anew , using them for different purposes than originally intended . |
| 6 | ‘ As long as nothing offensive is being said during Eircell mobile phone conversations , we have no power to stop anybody using them for any purpose , however peculiar . ’ |
| 7 | These individual ‘ building blocks ’ are called phonemes , or in some instances allophones , and by using them in various combinations any word can be constructed . |
| 8 | More often , two or more rhythms are used to give not only a more varied rhythmic interest but also a bigger canvas by using first one rhythm , then another , or by using them in various combinations and expansions . |
| 9 | The children were being encouraged to learn about sentences by using them in real contexts . |
| 10 | Anyway , I like them , and will certainly be using them in future paintings . |
| 11 | You are already familiar with the mathematical operations curl , div , and grad ( I prefer using them in vector-operator form ) , and you need no introduction to the concepts of electricity . |
| 12 | This way we would give each student on our list a two-digit number , from 01 to 50 , and then run through a page of random numbers , using them in two-digit sets , until we had got ten within the range of 01 to 50 . |
| 13 | The advantage of using them in this situation is their low cost and the speed with which the wall can be built up . |
| 14 | He was a man of profound education , but having acquired it himself he treasured words and used them with unique skill and often with a strange individuality . |
| 15 | Gestures of this kind were part of the vocabulary of politics ; an astute politician like Philip used them to great effect . |
| 16 | Lee used nothing but this disc to carve the piece with an angle grinder , and he describes some of the effects the tool can achieve . |
| 17 | The we means ‘ someone in my group ’ , and when a Zuwayi used we in this sense , the reference group was small and was likely to include his own ancestors and relatives , men he could name in a line of descent which included both speaker and audience , which explained the existence and identity of each person , and provided them with a character and loyalties . |
| 18 | Pedro Almodóvar used him in five films . |
| 19 | In my case , my parents used it with devastating overkill . |
| 20 | First and foremost , Borland have taken the Windows interface and used it to good advantage . |
| 21 | He was a bright boy , good at his lessons , but she told him that cleverness was only a virtue if you worked hard and used it to good purpose . |
| 22 | Peter founded the navy out of virtually nothing , recruiting officers and sailors in the same way as for the army , and used it to good effect against the Swedes . |
| 23 | May Roberts Rinehart used it to excellent effect in The Circular Staircase . |
| 24 | I used it for New Blues and almost all of Summer Song and perhaps the solo on Rubina 's Blue Sky Happiness . |
| 25 | UN relief flights to Juba — known as " Operation Lifeline Sudan " — were halted temporarily on July 21 , after Sudanese government troops had boarded a UN plane and used it for one week to transport troops and military equipment . |
| 26 | I pointed out that the ground was once part of Tip Farm and that on rainy days Bob Crudge still used it for artificial insemination . |
| 27 | It was what , I used today , they used it in all hospitals . |
| 28 | He used it in encouraging teachers to give children the freedom to discover themselves . |
| 29 | Sometimes a descendant has resurrected the bookplate of an ancestor and used it in later books , if necessary cutting off the original name . |
| 30 | At least two of the staff never used it in this way ( considering it more suitable as a library book ) . |