Example sentences of "use they for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Greeks were fond of using them for mounting on earrings , but it was the Romans who developed a passionate interest in pearls . |
| 2 | The experts have only to accept that the joint sessions also used groups of models kitted-out for each occasion by Rembrandt from his well stocked theatrical wardrobe and used them for painting as well as for drawing , to come to realize that their efforts over the last seventy years have been largely misdirected . |
| 3 | The BBC Monitoring Service used them for deciphering ‘ jammed ’ radio broadcasts , and my solicitor , at least , was still dictating into an Edison Voicewriter in 1973 . |
| 4 | Er and not many fresh eggs but we did get dried eggs which were , were , it was n't a bad substitute but it was n't the same as a fresh egg but you could scramble them and you could use them for cooking but then you see there was very little fat . |
| 5 | With their novel shape and colourful appearance , Dolphin scissors have proved very popular with children who can use them for cutting paper , card or fabric . |
| 6 | Do use them for mopping up the blood on the new road . |
| 7 | Levi , the fellow whose clothes are so ordinary that Payne Stewart would n't use them for dusting his furniture . |
| 8 | I 'm glad , he reminds me of me dad , you put door handles on doors to open em you do n't use 'em for shutting |
| 9 | good to use them for swinging in the trees . |
| 10 | Flick knives have caused problems when trying to decide whether they are offensive weapons by themselves ( with out having to prove the intent of the possessor to use them for causing injury ) . |
| 11 | Use them for writing your own personal seasonal message on either biscuits or cakes . |
| 12 | I use them for breaking down annual goals , to monthly goals . |
| 13 | ‘ We use them for getting track information and arrival times , that sort of thing . |
| 14 | I am careful not to leave even the smallest scrap of yarn lying around as mother birds pick up the pieces and use them for lining their nests . |
| 15 | Folks use them for making nature films ; bluetits in their nestboxes , badgers in their sets , intruders at the door . |