Example sentences of "used to being " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here , Moby could acquire basic social and communication skills with other dogs , get used to being handled by many different people and Jenny could show Moby and the Hurseys how to start a course of basic obedience training . |
| 2 | But the Raskolnikov of the notebooks who joked grimly about getting used to being married and having children will do that average and earthy thing , though in a different spirit ; and in another story , as the Epilogue tells us . |
| 3 | We 're used to being told dark secrets about dead artists , but suddenly it 's open season on twentieth century public figures . |
| 4 | Rachel was used to being the tallest woman in a room . |
| 5 | Still , she was used to being ignored . |
| 6 | Every member of the Royal Family enjoys star status ; they are used to being the centre of attention and there is strong unstated rivalry between them . |
| 7 | Nothing unusual there ; comedians are used to being shouted at by the audience . |
| 8 | ‘ I just got used to being in her shadow and I still thought there were people who did n't reckon I was better , ’ said Smith . |
| 9 | He was absolutely right in that respect and I remember him delivering this homily at The Three Tuns and the people receiving it in a rather stony silence because they were not used to being lectured . |
| 10 | He had got used to being in this room , shut in by the four scrawled walls , the sloping ceiling and the unrelenting noise . |
| 11 | Widows will talk of being acutely aware of the gap by their side when they are used to being viewed as one of a couple ( obviously couples who divorce or separate feel the same ) . |
| 12 | But the horse is used to being brushed , or he jolly well should be ! |
| 13 | He 's used to being groomed and eating , Now , this is a grooming session : where 's the food ? |
| 14 | A companion horse who is used to being floated , if floated with the beginner can make the difference between success and disaster . |
| 15 | He was used to being ridden do the same stretch of road several times a week , and he had seen it all before . |
| 16 | Andrew is used to being the centre of attention , especially after last summer when he did the unthinkable by stepping down as captain of Camborne to join Redruth , their neighbours and rivals — Cornish rugby 's equivalent of a footballer leaving Manchester United for City . |
| 17 | I thought I had become used to being alone , and to the idea that I would always be alone , but I was wrong . |
| 18 | Clive had got so used to being able to fool everyone in this circle that he was unnerved by her obvious clear-sightedness . |
| 19 | The major inhibitions to this process are a natural reserve , the fact that people may not be used to being open about their feelings , a lack of trust caused by limited understanding and , finally , reserve brought about by the relative status of team members , personality and gender issues and a lack of training . |
| 20 | On the following day , the day of their return ( only they were not to be expected until the late evening ) Franca , who was so used to being by herself , was unable to perform any ordinary activity . |
| 21 | The façade is more classical than is usual in Prague , but it is nevertheless true Baroque — a Baroque that is more used to being displayed in the wider streets of Vienna . |
| 22 | We work in the Harry Ransom Humanities Center , where the facilities for study are magnificent and the people very helpful — though we had to get used to being greeted each morning with loud cries of ‘ Hi , you guys ! ’ from the librarian . |
| 23 | Let him get used to being looked after by other people , but make sure they understand how he should sit and move . |
| 24 | No sooner had you got used to being able to have the lights on whenever you wanted , than you ( or Dad ) had to trail down to the BP station with a jerry-can in your hand and beg for half a gallon of four-star . |
| 25 | The doctor was so used to being called in a second time to cope with the results of his first visit that eventually he dug in his heels and advised against another jab dealing with whooping-cough . |
| 26 | We were more used to being given a few cans of lager and that was it , ’ says Solowka . |
| 27 | From her reclining position , Mrs Keith still took a controlling interest in the household , but with only Jim in the house and two farmhands in the hut , Tina had become used to being in charge . |
| 28 | You see , we were so used to being out , both the wife and I. We 'd go all over London travelling and to the theatre ; and of course our holidays abroad , we miss , weekends at the coast we miss . |
| 29 | This is because you are not used to being shackled to the author 's words . |
| 30 | Do you get used to being filthy and smelly — do you stop minding that people back off you 'cos you stink ? |