Example sentences of "she [be] used to [adj] " in BNC.

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1 She was used to that .
2 He sounded so utterly unlike the Leo she thought she was used to that she automatically obeyed .
3 She was used to draughty spaces , soaring walls , a nightly ritual of wraps and hot bricks in winter .
4 She was used to insolent treatment from fellow servants — for she had long learned that a companion , be she never so genteel , was regarded as little more than that .
5 She was used to this by now and dealt with every approach quietly and without fuss .
6 She was used to this , and did not flinch .
7 ‘ It 's quite large for around here , ’ the woman told her , and , even though it was nowhere near as large as Leith 's present flat , nor in the area that she was used to either , she was in a ‘ beggars ca n't be choosers ’ situation .
8 But to her they merely served as spurs and she was used to those .
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