Example sentences of "[pers pn] be used to [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My Fender now is comfortable for me because it 's the bass I started out with , and I 'm used to that neck width which is like a tree trunk . |
| 2 | Nowadays we are used to these things — the spinning jewelled diadems of Rigel ; the quasi-organic models of the Frasque , that echo the shapes of the hives and cocoons built by insects ; the Palernian Brisk , which looks nothing like its name , more like a bundle of sausages . |
| 3 | This must be an ideal situation for you actually cos we 're being , we 're sitting here being recorded and being watched so we 're used to that sort of thing but not particularly conscious of it |
| 4 | They are used to all sorts of emergencies , but there has never been anything like this : their own people , prepared to face appalling hardships , possible arrest or even death to get out , arriving exhausted but so happy to be free . |
| 5 | The girls are required to plan their own day , and when they are used to this system , most prefer it to the structure of school and it gives them some control over their daily lives . |
| 6 | They 're used to these diseases . |
| 7 | They were used to that right from Year 1 , so it was a continuation of the previous work , as is the GCSE . |
| 8 | Cos I used this look , I said that erm I 'd re I had represented his father in an accident case some years before and I was acquainted with the family in a casual way , and I said this may suggest , because he was saying you can make up and you can , this is a bit when you can use your imagination , and I said this may suggest that his father , you know he 'd like , because it the way he says that , I 'd represented his father , I was acquainted , you know maybe that he knows he 's used to that kind of erm behaviour from the family , you know , and he knows what Eddie 's like his fa I do n't know I might be completely wrong but I used my imagination there . |
| 9 | ‘ I suppose he 's used to this kind of work and will be able to do it once he gets into our ways . ’ |
| 10 | He was used to such priorities . |
| 11 | He was used to such things , and he had been able to pass the time by fulfilling an old ambition , to read Edward Gibbon 's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire in the original English . |
| 12 | Alexai fitted in well enough in military surroundings , and it was apparent that he was used to that kind of ceremonial which was commonplace in the capital . |
| 13 | He was used to this sort of thing , he drives a big motorbike . |