Example sentences of "used to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , getting too close could frighten the animal , although once they are used to the crowds they can regard the bars or the cage or the walls of the enclosure as protection . |
| 2 | The route started with approximately 4 miles of fairly quiet roads ( not shown in Figure 3.1 ) to allow the subjects to get used to the handling of the car and to practise performing the two judgment tasks . |
| 3 | Even later on , when he understood the geese nomes better , he never quite got used to the way they cheerfully parted from one another . |
| 4 | Hari sat down and put her basket on the floor , pushing back the white cloth , she was well used to the way Cleg and his wife carried on , it did n't mean a thing . |
| 5 | She would have to get used to the way she looked in black and white . |
| 6 | You must be used to the way men react to you . |
| 7 | also they 're not used to the way that we 're used to living . |
| 8 | It 's , it 's , you get used to the way he works . |
| 9 | When she first joined the company , packing vitamins and herbal medicines three years ago , she took a little time to get used to the work . |
| 10 | We are all used to the hypocrisy and double standards of the Labour party , whose representatives hang around every factory gate and base saying what terrible things will happen locally . |
| 11 | Jehan was used to the kind of council at which nearly everything was decided before the participants sat down to talk , and he wondered why Alexei was allowing so much disruption and argument . |
| 12 | Are they coming onto your support workers calling on the families at this time to help them erm because this will be the time when the families will need help and also naturally the residents who are normally at the centre , having got used to the centre , as we know , there could be difficulties there and I 'd like to have the please . |
| 13 | He got used to the station staff coming on to his land to check radiation monitors they had installed and to take away milk samples . |
| 14 | Once your kit is sorted out the first hour is generally spent getting used to the skis , sidestepping up the slope and sliding straight down . |
| 15 | She was just beginning to get used to the wards and the classes . |
| 16 | Obviously you can not know in advance which type of mat will be used at a particular tournament , so you should do your final training on any type of mat , just to get used to the feel , and then try to use any free time you may have on the actual competition areas to get a little practice in beforehand . |
| 17 | you know , getting used to the feel of it , it 's alright just talking about it or just doing some calculations and just thinking , oh yeah , I can do that now , but you ca n't beat really getting down and drawing the pictures , and |
| 18 | Have you got used to the feel of him now ? |
| 19 | Very frequently he was away from home , sampling the forms of service offered by the various high-church ecclesiastics in the area , driving determinedly over the countryside in a little red Mini that had become used to the eccentricities of his driving technique . |
| 20 | The inhabitants were used to the smell , which mixed in nicely with the odours from Deller 's soap factory and the mingled scents from the river . |
| 21 | Go for short walks near your home , making the walks progressively longer until you are well used to the boots . |
| 22 | We are well used to the Vigil Mass on Saturday night now . |
| 23 | ‘ What schools need now is a period of consolidation , to get used to the curriculum , so it works smoothly . ’ |
| 24 | It did take a few minutes to get used to the cutting action of steadying the saw on it shoe , starting the motor , then gradually starting the cut by pivoting down with the blade , but it was a knack soon acquired . |
| 25 | They have to become used to the parent in themselves and in their partner , as well as to the baby . |
| 26 | typically they 're very used to the mainframe environment and what the mainframe environment offers . |
| 27 | I went on Zeroxac , and there are side effects when you start , while you get used to the dosage okay . |
| 28 | When their eyes became used to the gloom they could see the hut was tidily arranged with all manner of traps and tools . |
| 29 | A few TV companies came and went ; it seemed very dark when their harsh lights had gone , but gradually my eyes got used to the gloom and I knew if I looked round I would see comforting , familiar faces , as people took their seats in the rows of chairs in front of the altar . |
| 30 | Yeah , well they get they 're probably used to the horses actually er , dogs . |