Example sentences of "[adv] use [prep] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So used to being chased away . |
| 2 | In 1967 he wrote : ‘ Human beings will become so used to being crushed together that when they are on their own , they will suffer withdrawal symptoms : ‘ Doctor — I 've got to get on to a crowded train soon or I 'll go mad ’ . ’ |
| 3 | But not far behind in the firing line are welfare-dependent single-parent families , now so used to being vilified it seems time to offer a blindfold and last cigarette . |
| 4 | It is best used after being steeped in water for a few hours . |
| 5 | Work with oriented single crystals can give detailed information ; specialized texts ( see Ref. [ 7 ] , p. 63 ) should be consulted to enable the best use to be made of such experiments . |
| 6 | While supporting the general thrust of the strategy and its emphasis on the importance of transport to the regeneration of the regions , the CIT 's response also comments on the absence to date of an effective structure that could apply any available EC funding and carry a regional strategy forward , as well as on the need both for considerable investment in public transport and for the best use to be made of the existing transport infrastructure in serving proposed strategic development sites . |
| 7 | To allow further uses to be made of this configuration another data base structure is required . |
| 8 | More used to being asked to move along quietly today they were being encouraged to stay put and perform as loudly as they liked . |