Example sentences of "use it for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We used it for shirting in 1992 and we 're using it in blends with linen for suitings for spring 1993 . ’ |
| 2 | Egyptians used it for embalming their dead , the Mesopotamians used it as perfume and the Romans thought it was an aphrodisiac . |
| 3 | A thickly built oak and beechwood sixteenth-seventeenth century refectory table from the Pyrenees , admittedly characterful ( Tajan 's auction staff used it for stacking their telephones on ) but more than difficult to place in a modern apartment , sold for FFr650,000 ( £67,550 ; $117,500 ) , over twice its high estimate . |
| 4 | The fisheries of the Suli islands between North Borneo and the Philippines , though not particularly rich in pearls , produced fine mother-of-pearl , a material keenly sought by the Chinese who used it for making inlays . |
| 5 | I 've had great fun and great service from the package and used it for designing several garments for both hand and machine knitting . |
| 6 | He uses it for taping i at work . |
| 7 | I tried to sell it , but no one was willing to offer me more than five shillings , so Bob uses it for picking up the produce from the market every morning . ’ |
| 8 | Somebody uses it for boozing sessions . ’ |
| 9 | Low-growing , almost mat-like , with white daisy flowers in summer , chamomile dates back to at least the time of the ancient Egyptians who are said to have used it for curing ague . |
| 10 | I 've used it for carrying pens — you do n't get too many grizzlies or wolves where I live ! |
| 11 | We have used it for scouting exercises . ’ |
| 12 | Do they use it for dating ? |
| 13 | Choose one about 600mm ( 2ft ) long with a metal body , and both horizontal and vertical indicators ; then you can use it for getting things plumb too . |
| 14 | Birds may use it for rearing their young , or other small animals may come to live on it . |
| 15 | It includes some useful guidelines for those who wish to use it for choosing a course , either for themselves or for an employee . |
| 16 | I need to know the wiring for the Nato socket as I intend to use it for towing my caravan , but will need to alter the wiring to suit or obtain another Nato plug and add the 12n/12s plugs to this . |
| 17 | when you start learning a language you are constantly collecting new words , so even if you have a computer and intend to use it for producing a dictionary you may still wish to have your vocabulary in a more accessible form than on a computer disk , at least for the first few months . |
| 18 | It is primarily organised along the lines of the current OPCS scheme , but it would also be possible to use it for coding to KOS or CODOT . |
| 19 | Instead of quitting the music business she should have learned to use it for singing rather than mouthing off at every opportunity . |
| 20 | Thus ‘ held with the intention ’ came to be construed in a sense which the language of Parliament can not possibly bear as a matter of ordinary sense and grammar , as embracing not only material held by the crooked solicitor but material held without any intention on the part of the holder but infected , either at the time of its creation or , seemingly , at any subsequent time , by an intention on the part of any person , whether the client entitled to it or anyone else , to use it for furthering some criminal purpose . |
| 21 | ‘ We use it for taking rock from the local quarries . ’ |
| 22 | See M er Martin tried to get it used as people use it for meeting rooms and things but er you see you ca n't park either can you ? |
| 23 | As the horse learns from the voice to listen to the seat , leg and rein aids then you gradually dispense with the voice and only use it for rewarding when he is good . |
| 24 | Collect water from gutters in a rainwater butt , and use it for watering plants outdoors ( not in greenhouse or indoors ) . |
| 25 | A letter to Dr. Watson from the Sir C.J. Liston Foulis Trust , dated 14th October 1991 states , ‘ Our clients have instructed us not to continue the lease either on short-time or long term basis and therefore the ground with the buildings there-on belongs to our clients outright and the residents of Juniper Green have no right to occupy it or use it for playing tennis or for any other purpose . ’ |
| 26 | I spect they use it for driving their vans through . |
| 27 | The choice of hi-hats and cymbals is excellent , and I often use it for programming percussion . ’ |
| 28 | If the police can exploit the technique for measuring the speed of road hogs , dare we hope to find that bats use it for measuring the speed of insect prey ? |
| 29 | The reason why there 's so much space above our heads here is simple : the climate controllers use it for inducing weather conditions for the whole of Arcady . ’ |
| 30 | Fibre-optic broadcaster WilTel Corp will be using it for transmitting television programmes as will Vyvx Inc , which also provides videoconferencing , production and editing facilities to over 65 US cities . |