Example sentences of "[vb base] been used to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 've been used to fares running off without paying in the past , ’ said one . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been used to playing dolls all these years . |
| 3 | The Merseysider told me : ‘ I 've been used to fighting away from home all my life — it does n't bother me . ’ |
| 4 | And another thing — your sailors all seem very small to me , because I 've been used to looking up at people twenty metres tall . ’ |
| 5 | Others which are perhaps a little bit of er a change from what we 've been used to doing , |
| 6 | We 've been used to it for centuries . |
| 7 | ‘ Perhaps he is n't quite what we 've been used to , but I thought we might give him a trial . |
| 8 | Could your system cope with warm food after what you 've been used to ? |
| 9 | Only these foreigners are a bit different from what we 've been used to . |
| 10 | For years I 've been used to addressing the parson as ‘ vicar ’ . |
| 11 | I think so too probably , and you 've been used to it . |
| 12 | I said , it hurt the captain because we 've been used to you know , ferrying everybody about , and I said , do n't d say that people are unkind because they they 're not taking you and carrying you about . |
| 13 | Whatever the explanation , other organisms , like trilobites or brachiopods , were more numerous in such sites , and have been used to date the rock sequences in the absence of graptolites . |
| 14 | If they have been used to rushing home from work or watching the clock during any stolen time with friends , they may find it hard to adapt to the fact that there is no longer any need to hurry back . |
| 15 | Future movie stars will resemble him more than those you have been used to . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ As I see it , around eight teams have a chance of winning the Championship and that makes a welcome change from the two or three-horse races we have been used to , ’ he said . |
| 17 | Er , the comment here the way that I have been used to doing these I found that I I like it and the kids can |
| 18 | ‘ It is not what we have been used to , ’ said Floy . |
| 19 | And much as we can love our children , friends or pets , it can not be compared to sharing intimacy with a lover , especially when you have been used to the sounds , smells and physical qualities that brings . |
| 20 | OVER the past decade , experimental methods have been used to increasing effect to discover the empirical strengths and weaknesses of economic theories , and to supplement empirical evidence obtained using more conventional econometric methods . |
| 21 | And what should I do in another woman 's household , who have been used to managing my own ? |
| 22 | People live in tents , and customs are so different from what they have been used to , that I really wonder how they reconcile themselves to their new mode of life . |