Example sentences of "'s [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you 've just joined us , ’ the commentator 's voice droned , ‘ there 's no score in this all important match but England can be admired for holding their own , down to ten men and against a Moroccan team that 's used to the sort of heat … ’ |
| 2 | Joey 's used to dealing with difficult customers , but when he comes face to face with a gun-toting angry young man , it takes all his soothing charm to save the day . |
| 3 | He 's learning to row a coracle but he keeps going round in circles , it must be tiresome for him when he 's used to going in straight lines . |
| 4 | He 's used to being groomed and eating , Now , this is a grooming session : where 's the food ? |
| 5 | He 's old , but he 's used to doing what he 's told . |
| 6 | ‘ Now you tell me , Father , what man in this parish could give her the comforts she 's used to ? |
| 7 | She 's used to louts , thugs , layabouts — it 's her job : she cuts off the bits that Society does n't like and paints over the scars . |
| 8 | ‘ There 's an upper berth in a section , ’ she said slowly , ‘ but it only has a curtain , and no facilities except at the end of the car , and it 's hardly what Xanthe 's used to . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Maybe he 's used to servants , ’ I said to Helen in a loud voice , as I held the door open for him to slide in next to Jeeta and Jamila . |
| 10 | Or : ‘ He won the bronze in 1976 , so he 's used to being out in front . ’ |
| 11 | as if he 's used to it ; as if he 's in his own world , Ruth thought . |
| 12 | He was reduced in some intangible way : maybe it was his youth ; perhaps his essence had not yet unfurled to fill the room the way Francis 's used to . |
| 13 | I know I have n't anything to offer her and that it might be years before I could afford to run a house and give her the kind of life style she 's used to , so I would n't expect Sir Philip to agree to it for a long while . ’ |
| 14 | Now that I 'm feeling a bit calmer , I can see that it was amazingly presumptuous of me even to imagine that Madeleine might love me enough to sacrifice all the luxuries she 's used to , just to be with me ! |
| 15 | He 's used to secrets . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ He 's used to it now ’ , she said . |
| 17 | He 'd ask if he 'd hurt me , but now he 's used to me ’ , and she laughed with pleasure . |
| 18 | I suppose he 's used to it . |
| 19 | I 've had bad dreams since I was very small and she 's used to it . |
| 20 | ‘ Come on , she won , t mind , she 's used to it , ’ she bellowed , blocking my exit . |
| 21 | ‘ I suppose he 's used to this kind of work and will be able to do it once he gets into our ways . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ He 's used to us going off for weeks and never getting in touch but he always has something to show for it at the end . |
| 23 | But Mum 's used to having things done for her , you see . |
| 24 | Er we , we this time we do n't mind that we 've got fairly harsh lighting because he 's a , someone who 's used to being out in the erm all weathers whether it 's cold or sunny , I have a feeling mostly sunny . |
| 25 | He 's used to dealing with princes these days . |
| 26 | To anybody who 's used to listening to dialect the East and the West are very different . |
| 27 | He 's used to mixing with foreign women . |
| 28 | Well he 's used to getting free drugs er you know |
| 29 | Good afternoon , ladies and gentlemen , er , looking at you and listening to you , it 's certainly different to the operating rooms that one 's used to working in . |
| 30 | She 's used to animals . |