Example sentences of "was used for [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This area was used for receiving the hops and for spreading them out to cool after they were removed from the kilns . |
| 2 | The hammock , which was slung from a long pole carried on the shoulders of two men , was used for transporting the sick and infirm across rough country terrain and , in and around Funchal , for the rich and for the tourists who were carried through the dirty , and sometimes muddy , streets . |
| 3 | The most distant neighbour version ( barr ) was used for ordering the YAC library . |
| 4 | Wheeler was used for filming the massed destruction of the American P–40s . |
| 5 | It is often found near old mills where the extract was used for washing the woollen cloth produced there . |
| 6 | Indeed , the specificity of bacteriophages made them useful in identifying particular strains of bacteria , and the procedure called ‘ phage typing ’ was used for tracing the organism responsible for the spread of an infection in a community . |