Example sentences of "use [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did his tape copy on the machine I was using for echo and it was switched to vari-speed , so the copy was played at almost half the speed and when he got it home and wanted to play it to his friends , it sounded rather strange . |
| 2 | Precisely who it was she was using for a role model became clear as a middle-aged lady , admirably slim in well-cut jodhpurs , erupted from some inner fortress to enquire , in tones that carried effortlessly across the yard , precisely why Caroline had failed to run up her stirrups , how long had she been riding ? |
| 3 | For instance having retired to this lovely English village , and assembled my wits and memories to compile this narrative , I have had the satisfaction recently of discovering the original meaning of three common expressions which I have been using for years . |
| 4 | Both legal literature and the documentary evidence attest the use of what can be called trust clauses , as well as the practice of using for a single disposition the wording of both legacy and trust . |
| 5 | The railway lines define the neighbourhood all right : Railway Hotel on the corner that the Council 's started using for temporary accommodation for other single mothers not so lucky as she , as the social worker kept telling her ; Railway Cafe opposite the launderette with coloured transfers on the window and a goldfish tank next to the curry puffs and ketchup bottles . |
| 6 | ‘ What I 've been using for about the last five years are Seymour Duncan amps . |
| 7 | Then , place a sheet of glass over the design and trace the outlines on to the stiff card that you will be using for your stencil pattern . |
| 8 | If you know the length per ball or cone of the yarns that you will be using for your garment , you can enter this information in the ADJUST section . |
| 9 | DEC already has the incomplete version 1 of the OSF operating system out on its MIPS line , and it 's this that customers are using for their own early development work . |
| 10 | You can use a submersible pump , which you 're using for a fountain or cascade to empty most of the water , but only do this to the level of the pump intake — then it 's a matter of bailing out with a bucket . |
| 11 | Most of the sample group ( 82 per cent ) had been using for over two years before they first sought treatment . |
| 12 | I was using for about three years altogether . |
| 13 | The thing is , he has been using for such a long time . |
| 14 | Now the rag I should be using for this is the very dirty one and I 've started off with the clean one by accident . |
| 15 | These solutions , which involved old technology , simply applied to the ocean freighter what railroads and truckers had been using for 30 years . |
| 16 | Using for effect : |
| 17 | Having turned towards your track at a certain angle , you now wait for your RC to move to a bearing where it is displace from 0° ( station ahead ) or from 180° ( station astern ) the same number of degrees that you are using for your interception angle . |
| 18 | Slopes had become the focus for revived interest since 1950 ( Strahler , 1950b ) and had been the subject for quantitative description and analysis ( Bakker and Le Heux , 1952 ) and then for measurements which could lead to measurements in specific areas using for example the Young Pit ( Young , 1960 ) and providing many indications of rates of erosion ( A. Young , 1974 ) . |
| 19 | They work for those and algebra just follows , so it just follows the normal rules that we 're using for the numbers that we know . |
| 20 | ‘ As the boat you were using for your ridiculous smuggling attempt belongs to me I should have thought it was obvious . ’ |
| 21 | Tint the undercoat with whatever you are using for the final colour and you will get a good , even finish . |
| 22 | It was a chilling thought that the very circumstances she was using for her own purpose accorded only too well with the Empress 's schemes . |
| 23 | On this occasion , some of their bags were contained in the white diplomatic bag belonging to the Foreign Office , which they were using for convenience to contain their consignment — — and , as I have explained to the House , that was the commencement of the error in question which , of course , we very much regret . |
| 24 | The Council of Ministers said on May 26 that " certain levels " of the movement were " using for political purposes … working people 's fair economic demands " . |
| 25 | If a patent were to be granted to the second business , it could prevent the first from using what it has already been using for some time . |
| 26 | We 're going to erm , item three , the supermarket applications , now under youth grants , you remember that we advertised , this is the money we precepted , which we wo n't be using for the detached youth work workers ' scheme . |
| 27 | Methods you are currently using for identifying training needs . |
| 28 | The aim is to reach , using for example metropolitan area clusters , as many institutions as possible in a short timescale . |
| 29 | that you may consider using for your essay ? |
| 30 | The kind of these are the kind of things that we 're using for drink . |