Example sentences of "was [adv] use for [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | India is the home of this strongly aromatic plant where it is perennial , and where its history of use stretches back many thousands of years , It is regarded as sacred by the Hindus and was much used for disinfecting where malaria was present In the house . |
| 2 | Against a wall was a corroded iron trolley that was once used for carrying oil in the factory . |
| 3 | The surrounding area was later used for graving docks , building slips , sheds and warehouses with the total reclamation measuring fifteen acres . |
| 4 | The gundogs were primarily for picking up at pheasant shoots and for work on my own shoot , but one of them , a Springer spaniel , was also used for hunting out rough-lying rabbits and also for retrieving shot rabbits from difficult situations . |
| 5 | Sheet bronze was also used for making armour . |
| 6 | The pub 's east wall was also used for playing handball , he says ‘ like squash but without the racket ; I 've seen men 's hands running in blood after playing to a final . ’ |
| 7 | A copper based alloy including tin which was originally used for casting cannons . |
| 8 | This engine was originally used for pumping water out of the mine workings at Griff Colliery , Nuneaton , from 1723 , and was later moved to other sites , ending up at Hawkesbury Junction on the Coventry Canal , where it remained in use until 19 13 . |
| 9 | It 's a relic from the building 's yacht pavilion days , and was originally used for hauling drunks out of the water . |
| 10 | His best remembered boat , the trow Irene , was mainly used for carrying grain from Avonmouth and Sharpness , unloaded onto a small tramway running from a jetty , that formerly stood adjacent to the concrete pier from which the ferry operated . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It is a hangover from those long gone days when it was actually used for darning socks ! |
| 13 | There was a dining-table in there but it was never used for eating from . |