Sentence examples for been once used from inspiring English sources

The area is an evocative one – a nearby sycamore tree was thought to have been once used as a hangman's tree and the coast nearby was smugglers' territory.

The International Atomic Energy Agency, the nuclear-monitoring arm of the United Nations, has been engaged in a protracted negotiation with Iran over gaining access to the site because of suspicions that it may have been once used for nuclear-related activities.

"Luckily," the voiceover told us, "historian Kate Williams has discovered the basement was once used as a tannery".

Horseshoe crabs were once used as bait for commercial fishermen.

The heavy, strong wood was once used in shipbuilding.

Part of the site was once used as landfill.

Hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis) was once used as a curative herb.

Its common name is sneezewort, because the roots were once used as snuff.

" 'Damn insolence' was an expression that was once used in relation to the girls," Thomas recalled.

Carson's site is considered a long shot because it was once used for toxic waste.

It has preserved four sweeping cranes that were once used for loading and unloading.