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