Example sentences of "it [vb past] [prep] use [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ICI , which had set itself a target of recovering 10 per cent of the CFCs it manufactured for use in cooling systems , has blamed lack of co-operation from local councils , industry and commerce for its failure to recover more than 1 per cent . |
| 2 | Doors were fitted and it came into use on 7 September . |
| 3 | To begin with the system was used by chroniclers , then for specifying the dates on which fairs were held or rent payments due , and finally , in the thirteenth century , it came into use for dating letters and other documents . |
| 4 | Late in the reign of Edward 111 , it came into use as the language of the Convocation of Canterbury , instead of Latin and French , in 1399 Henry of Lancaster laid claim to the throne in English ( 22 , p.43 ) and from 1395 the use of English generally became more common in wills ( 135 , pp.209–10 ) . |
| 5 | It came into use around the turn of the century . |
| 6 | It continued in use as a corn mill up to around 1930 , although the business apparently diminished during its last decade . |
| 7 | The water mill was sited at Mill beck and it continued in use until the 1860s . |
| 8 | It was later sold to an ironstone quarry where it continued in use until 1963 when it was purchased for preservation . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It is the oldest Newcomen-type steam engine surviving in Britain on its original site , having been installed in 1787 to drain the colliery , and it remained in use until 1923 . |
| 11 | It remained in use until the middle of the last century , when alterations were carried out . |