1.   A flat stone was used as a table.

2.   A more sinister development is the seepage of nitrate into aquifers which are used as sources of the domestic water supply.

3.   A particular place in the fence has been used as a route to cross the railway.

4.   A somewhat similar phenomenon occurred with the ships that the Vikings used as coffins.

5.   All the left-over crops are chopped up and used as cattle fodder.

6.   Also, lifts that are open to all and sundry seem to be readily vandalised or used as public toilets.

7.   Always cover a sandpit or the local cats will use it as a toilet.

8.   An elderly man is walking slowly and painfully close to the wall, using it as support.

9.   An imaginary character whose name is used as an endearment.

10.   An old Chianti bottle can be used as an attractive base for a table-lamp.