Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] been use by " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | There lies a group of stones deposited by the glacier , the largest of which , the Carlow Stone , is said to have been used by the druids for human sacrifice . |
| 2 | Like nearby Grassington ( q.v. ) , the village was involved in exploitation of mineral deposits beneath the moors to the north , and there are ruins of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century smelt mills as well as the so-called ‘ Panty Oon Stone ’ — a hollowed-out stone thought to have been used by medieval lead miners for dressing the ore . |
| 3 | A bronze snake around five feet long , found at Thebes in 1911 and now in the British Museum , is thought to have been used by a magician . |
| 4 | Apparatus known to have been used by a particular scientist , and collections of apparatus by the same maker , are particularly instructive . |
| 5 | An expensive colour photocopier is believed to have been used by the forgers to copy what is thought to have been a genuine blank MOT form . |