Example sentences of "it had been used for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later that day , when she asked him what it had been used for , he confessed : ‘ Sorry , Mum , I got it wrong . |
| 2 | The motif was most probably introduced into Persia from China — where it had been used for centuries as a symbol of peace and tranquillity — and has subsequently been adapted to fulfil both the schematic and symbolic requirements of Islamic weavers . |
| 3 | It had been used for many years as a staff hostel for an Oxford Street department store . |
| 4 | The pose is certainly borrowed from Egypt , where it had been used for male figures for centuries . |
| 5 | No regular services had been held in it for many years , although it had been used for funerals and the occasional service , remaining open for visitors and pilgrims to Cell-y-bedd and the shrine . |