Example sentences of "we [vb base] been [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 've been used to fares running off without paying in the past , ’ said one . |
| 2 | Others which are perhaps a little bit of er a change from what we 've been used to doing , |
| 3 | We 've been used to it for centuries . |
| 4 | ‘ Perhaps he is n't quite what we 've been used to , but I thought we might give him a trial . |
| 5 | Only these foreigners are a bit different from what we 've been used to . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Since July last year we 've been close to or below our target and the original CAT can now be disbanded . |
| 8 | Lady Amory 's reaction to this was a mixture of sadness and the old excitement : ‘ We 're very fortunate in that in the near part of the wood garden we 've been able to grass over and you would n't realise the number of big trees that have come down . |
| 9 | And just to remind you what I was saying , if you 've just switched on , what I was just confirming with Colin er earlier , is that erm it 's slightly different in this competition to what we 've been accustomed to in the football league er this and last season , in as far as it 's not goals scored that 's important when you have the same number of points , it is goal difference . |
| 10 | ‘ As I see it , around eight teams have a chance of winning the Championship and that makes a welcome change from the two or three-horse races we have been used to , ’ he said . |
| 11 | ‘ It is not what we have been used to , ’ said Floy . |
| 12 | Throughout this book we have been alert to the possibility of individual organisms ‘ cheating ’ in subtle ways against their social companions . |
| 13 | ‘ But we have been faithful to the Carry On formula and that is what counts . |
| 14 | However , we recognise that the church has not always been democratic and that at times we have been insensitive to violations of basic human rights even within the church . |
| 15 | Kenneth Oxford , the Chief Constable of Merseyside , prophesies that ‘ the freedom and way of life we have been accustomed to for so long will vanish ’ . |