Example sentences of "this [noun sg] was used for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told the jury : ‘ This courtroom was used for the trial of Moors murderers Myra Hindley and Ian Brady . |
| 2 | This post was used for several weeks before the men were recalled , despite their plans for a raid ‘ fixing charges to the noses of planes ’ . |
| 3 | A character with Herb Lore , Manufacture Drugs or Prepare Poisons will be able to see that this place was used for preparing poisons . |
| 4 | This supernatant was used for measurement of isotopic enrichment of free leucine . |
| 5 | This arrangement was used for the BBC ( the corporation ) in 1927 when it was set up under Royal Charter , and for the commercial broadcasting sector from 1954 onwards . |
| 6 | This area was used for receiving the hops and for spreading them out to cool after they were removed from the kilns . |
| 7 | Inside , little remains to show that this chamber was used for summoning Elementals . |
| 8 | Part of this land was used for council housing but , as North Tyneside CDP ( 1978a ) makes clear , much was made available for the building of private housing . |