Example sentences of "'ve [vb pp] [adv] [adj] to " in BNC.
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1 | For myself , I 've grown very used to having it around , and miss it when I use anyone else 's machine — it certainly speeds things up . |
2 | " Well , " said Grace , " we 've grown very attached to you , Miranda and I. " She turned his hands over , still holding them in her own . |
3 | Asa , you 've got very close to saying something which I 've often pressed historians on , but they 've never got quite as close as you have , and that 's actually saying that history is useful insofar as it might tell us something about the future . |
4 | But basically , my thing has stayed the same because I 've got really used to it , although it 's not even all that efficient . |
5 | I 've been working in a male environment now for several years , and I 've got quite used to hearing my colleagues speculate about me and my private life ! |
6 | I 've got quite used to Serafin , I realize . |
7 | As each slice of anti-trade union legislation has gone onto the statute book we 've become less able to effectively represent our membership . |
8 | ‘ I know that we 've become very attached to each other since I came to live with your family . |
9 | If they were all the same colour you 'd think But because you 've become so used to seeing the green and ambers and the reds |
10 | Even though he 's calm and affable , he 's chain-smoked throughout the interview , and hardly smoked in all the time we 've spent together prior to it . |
11 | I 've counted about seventeen to twenty caravans . |
12 | We 've managed about ten to fifteen miles at a pinch Which is not bad for a couple of old'uns is it ? |