Example sentences of "'ve be used to " in BNC.

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1 ‘ We 've been used to fares running off without paying in the past , ’ said one .
2 ‘ I 've been used to playing dolls all these years .
3 The Merseysider told me : ‘ I 've been used to fighting away from home all my life — it does n't bother me . ’
4 And another thing — your sailors all seem very small to me , because I 've been used to looking up at people twenty metres tall . ’
5 Others which are perhaps a little bit of er a change from what we 've been used to doing ,
6 We 've been used to it for centuries .
7 ‘ Perhaps he is n't quite what we 've been used to , but I thought we might give him a trial .
8 Could your system cope with warm food after what you 've been used to ?
9 Only these foreigners are a bit different from what we 've been used to .
10 For years I 've been used to addressing the parson as ‘ vicar ’ .
11 I think so too probably , and you 've been used to it .
12 I said , it hurt the captain because we 've been used to you know , ferrying everybody about , and I said , do n't d say that people are unkind because they they 're not taking you and carrying you about .
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