Example sentences of "getting used " in BNC.
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| 1 | Getting used to acting with the voice only and knowing how to use the microphone are basic features of good radio technique . |
| 2 | It took a bit of getting used to . |
| 3 | America is his favourite way of talking about the undiscovered country , and it shows that as well as suicide and blanket boredom he has taken over the flavour of Raskolnikov 's joke about getting used to family life . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Every single word of recitative is included ( with a spasmodic fortepiano accompaniment that takes some getting used to ) , and all six characters are delineated with exceptional vividness . |
| 6 | This was our second day in Normandy and I believed we were getting used to it . |
| 7 | I was getting used to these burnt offerings and , strangely enough , was finding them , on occasion , very tasty . |
| 8 | It 's a question of the elephant getting used to your voice and feel . |
| 9 | I say once again because they are getting getting used to the sight of G939 BKV . |
| 10 | Another problem is that the tests show practice effects ; that is , for the first day or so of testing , subjects ' performances improve greatly ( and so mask any daily rhythms ) as they are getting used to the tests and are developing their personal ways of tackling them . |
| 11 | They were already getting used to the fact that they were very popular . |
| 12 | He admits , though , that moving the baton in three dimensions does take some getting used to . |
| 13 | I know the two hours on and four off takes a bit of getting used to , but … perhaps you do n't realise what an important job you 're doing . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Well , basically you 'll be getting used to experiencing sexual feelings , mainly by learning to arouse yourself and coping with resulting power surges . |
| 15 | His eyes were getting used to the dim light and , as she emerged into a whole shape under the fanlight , he was more than ever conscious of how beautiful and how youthful she was . |
| 16 | I gathered the reins and lengthened the stirrup leathers a couple of holes while Fringe made prancing movements , getting used to his new and heavier rider . |
| 17 | ‘ It takes some getting used to , ’ said the Dane . |
| 18 | Microlights take a bit of getting used to ( 1,000 feet looks an awfully long way down ) , but they are marvellous viewing platforms . |
| 19 | There are still those who say they ca n't get used to Citroen steering and that the suspension makes them sick ; there are many more who say getting used to any other sort of steering after driving a D- or C-series car is much the more difficult adaptation to make . |
| 20 | By contrast , Frances Barber 's Eliza and Alan Howard 's Higgins both take a little getting used to . |
| 21 | Matron , who was getting used to talking with upset people , calmed him down . |
| 22 | In one of these early lessons he was very lucky in his teacher ; Miss Public House took him home on one of his first nights — she who usually never could be bothered — and in one exhausting night Miss P taught him everything he knew about how to make love without getting hurt or hurting anybody ( remember that in those days we were still getting used to the idea and still elaborating our repertoires of what you could and could n't do , which was very hard for us , for me anyway , since we had spent so long trying to forget the very word could n't ) . |
| 23 | Do be very careful , though , when having a go since it takes a little getting used to and falls can be very uncomfortable , to say the least . |
| 24 | We are all getting used to seeing bottle banks in our towns and at supermarkets . |
| 25 | As well as getting used to tapping ‘ Enter ’ less often , you should try to get a feel for how hard to tap a key and how long to hold it down . |
| 26 | Lately however , many of its opponents have been getting used to the idea . |
| 27 | The particularly uncompromising , raw sound of the Jaeckel organ at the Salem Lutheran Church in Wausau may take some getting used to . |
| 28 | I was getting used to that now . |
| 29 | Pitch trim is nothing new , but rudder-trimming has to become a habit ; getting used to it is a nuisance at the early stages . |
| 30 | Perhaps it was her over-active imagination , or maybe she was getting used to that strange bland face and the enormous overhanging whale-like brow , but she felt she saw fear flit across it , momentarily . |