Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] used to [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm used to similar excerpts in The Telegraph and in the local press , but do n't expect them to be so boring . |
| 2 | I 'm used to hard work , ’ Tess insisted . |
| 3 | I was used to long-distance safety in my work , and in the past to many physical dangers , but never to this sort of risk . |
| 4 | Oh it was heavy but I was used to heavy stuff on . |
| 5 | But they are just as difficult to read if you are used to political hypocrisy . |
| 6 | The water is normally like crystal and , if you are used to British waters , it is strange to see bubbles from other divers , rising like plumes some 40 or 50 metres away . |
| 7 | She was used to draughty spaces , soaring walls , a nightly ritual of wraps and hot bricks in winter . |
| 8 | She was used to insolent treatment from fellow servants — for she had long learned that a companion , be she never so genteel , was regarded as little more than that . |
| 9 | Here in the UK we are used to major variations in water chemistry from area to area despite this being only a small country ; the huge Amazon system , however , consists generally of soft and acid waters . |
| 10 | We are used to evil men demanding a ransom before their victim can be released . |
| 11 | They are used to nerve-wracking finales . |
| 12 | They are used to nerve-wracking finales . |
| 13 | They were used to heavy work as they had to run the crofts & do all the work themselves when their husbands were away on the boats . |
| 14 | Dr Longstaff said : ‘ Our study will enable us to find out more about the causes of asthma , suggest ways of preventing it , and make sure the resources to treat it are used to best effect . ’ |
| 15 | Thus the power of the American business executive is seen as legitimate authority because it is used to further productivity , a goal shared by all members of society . |
| 16 | It is used to different degrees in different authorities , which indicates that some have found a way to avoid this particular form of compulsory removal . |
| 17 | In a letter to The Times she wrote : ‘ He is used to one-to-one relationships but society , and certainly schools , are composed of groups of people . |
| 18 | He is used to abrupt changes . |
| 19 | Chap 's got to get out , if he 's used to fresh air . |
| 20 | RD users include Chris Novoselic of Nirvana and the Mission 's Craig Adams , to whom this particular specimen belongs , and on whose early tours and recordings it was used to great effect , before it was trashed at a gig in 1987 . |
| 21 | Afterwards , Mr Major said he was used to political turbulence and the ‘ rough and tumble ’ . |
| 22 | He was used to heavier controls than this , but an hour 's practice would make all the difference . |
| 23 | He was used to white lines , asphalt , trees . |