Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] [adv] use " in BNC.

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1 But she 's never used a phrase like that before .
2 She 's never used so , if anybody tries to hassle me , she just fucks them off , like .
3 They is normally used anaphorically ( Halliday and Hasan 1976 : 14 ) .
4 And they 's only used a s short time of the year .
5 driver it 's already using .
6 In fact it 's probably used more now than it was when it was a school . ’
7 CAS : The Communicating Software Specification standard is n't confined to fax modems — it 's mostly used to network a single fax card .
8 It 's just on , it 's just using its ha hanging on the existing one .
9 So , and dad it 's also used for paint , paper , pottery
10 Not , not there is a side chapel there , the east chapel and that 's the catholic chapel but it 's also used by the non- catholic group .
11 The richest source of MUFAs is olive oil — there is a low incidence of coronary heart disease in Mediterranean countries where it 's widely used .
12 Er it 's partly using some questions that 've been around for a very long time but there 're some subtle variations and some new ones added in , okay ?
13 It 's no use me doing nothing now and wondering why we 've got a problem in March . ’
14 This situation had been carefully noted by the inquisitive ill-natured Eleanor fuller who had been able , much to her satisfaction , to say on another occasion , ‘ It 's no use your keeping on going accidentally on purpose by Warreners farm .
15 It 's no use you waiting about for him .
16 It 's no use you being in love with him any more than me , Retty Priddle , ’ said Marian , the eldest .
17 It 's no use my telling you what it is — she might not agree , and then it would only be a waste of time . ’
18 It 's no use a big and strong man trying to swing a lady 's club .
19 I can buy the best legal brains in the business , so it 's no use your fighting .
20 Erm we criticize the county council because it 's always using professional professional work rather than voluntary help , er because that 's the way they choose to do it , er if we continue this line .
21 A er twenty five watt lamp in the fridge is using it at a very low rate , it 's hardly using any electricity .
22 As for the famous stinging tail , it 's only used as a last resort .
23 We have found the leaks , and we have connected all , we have reconnected all of the er supplies , including a supply to the cathedral field , which has never been billed in the past er because of erm damage to their meter , it 's only used twenty seven gallons but twenty seven litres , but whilst I 've been here , it 's a water meadow from the result of the water that we 've been supplying to that particular field .
24 But it 's only used in the bonny weather you see .
25 Apart from that , it 's only used in the beginnings of words , and the , the one clear rule is that s followed by a t is printed in this way .
26 It 's not used very often , actually , it 's only used for security purposes really .
27 At first it will be surrounded and sniffed and if it appears friendly then a good licking follows and if this is accepted by the stranger then it 's usually used for a good old scratch .
28 Because that 's the old term that 's been used for however many years , and it 's still used by industry .
29 It 's still used for target practice — a poignant reminder of the Cold War , the end of which heralded the last post for RAF Hullavington .
30 I still use , it 's still used
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